record-breaking en · ADJ
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(not-comparable) Of an achievement or observation, exceeding the highest previously recorded level in that activity or category.
For example, record-breaking rainfall in the UK made February 2020 the wettest February on record, while July 2019 was deemed to be the warmest month on record worldwide.
2020 July 29, Ian Prosser discusses with Paul Stephen, “Rail needs robust and strategic plans”, in RAIL, page 42:The peak of the record-breaking month came during the fourth week, when the railways were called upon to handle the transport side of the official evacuation from the London area.
1944 September and October, “A Busy Month”, in Railway Magazine, page 259:
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Translations (12)
ca rècord (exceeding the highest previously recorded level in that activity) · fi ennätyksellinen (exceeding the highest previously recorded level in that activity) · hy ռեկորդային (exceeding the highest previously recorded level in that activity) · de rekordbrechend (exceeding the highest previously recorded level in that activity) · ru рекордный (exceeding the highest previously recorded level in that activity) · de Rekord- (exceeding the highest previously recorded level in that activity) · ar قِيَاسِيّ (exceeding the highest previously recorded level in that activity) · fr record (exceeding the highest previously recorded level in that activity) · nl record (exceeding the highest previously recorded level in that activity) · pt recorde (exceeding the highest previously recorded level in that activity) · pl rekordowy (exceeding the highest previously recorded level in that activity) · hu rekorddöntő (exceeding the highest previously recorded level in that activity)