"track record" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-us-track record.ogg [US], En-au-track record.ogg [Australia] Forms: track records [plural]
Etymology: track + record Etymology templates: {{compound|en|track|record}} track + record Head templates: {{en-noun}} track record (plural track records)
  1. (idiomatic) The past performance of a person, organization, or product, viewed in its entirety and usually for the purpose of making a judgment. Tags: idiomatic Translations (the past performance): trackrecord [neuter] (Dutch), ansiot [plural] (Finnish), bilan [masculine] (French), palmarès [masculine] (French), antécédents [masculine, plural] (French), résultats [masculine, plural] (French), réputation [feminine] (French), Leistungsbilanz [feminine] (German), Erfolgsbilanz [feminine] (German), Erfolgsgeschichte [feminine, positive] (German), rekam jejak (Indonesian), سابقه (sâbeqe) (Persian), historia [feminine] (Polish), histórico [masculine] (Portuguese), passado [masculine] (Portuguese), antecedentes [masculine, plural] (Portuguese), reputação [feminine] (Portuguese), послужно́й спи́сок (poslužnój spísok) [masculine] (Russian), história [feminine] (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-track_record-en-noun-o-fzs-oD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of 'the past performance': 100 0
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see track, record. Related terms: service record
    Sense id: en-track_record-en-noun-8avQLYyT

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