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personal best

personal best noun: a person's best ever performance at some task to date.

Noun

personal best (plural personal bests)

  1. A person's best ever performance at some task to date.
    • His personal best was a seven-minute mile.
    Synonyms:
    personal record

Synonyms of personal best

Forms of personal best

pluralpersonal bests

Words formed from personal best

Questions about personal best

What does personal best mean?
Personal best means a person's best ever performance at some task to date.
What part of speech is personal best?
Personal best is a noun.
What is the plural of personal best?
The plural of personal best is personal bests.

Words near personal best in the dictionary

  1. personal assistants
  2. personal attack
  3. personal attacker
  4. personal attackers
  5. personal attacks
  6. personal best
  7. personal bests
  8. personal brand
  9. personal brands
  10. personal capital
  11. personal capitals

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