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record-setting

record-setting adjective: creating a new record, or most extreme known value for performance in some field of endeavor or activity, usually by beating the prior record; for example, by running a race faster than anyone ever has.

Adjective

record-setting (not comparable)

  1. Creating a new record, or most extreme known value for performance in some field of endeavor or activity, usually by beating the prior record; for example, by running a race faster than anyone ever has.
    • I want thank the country of El Salvador for the successful and professional job they've done in receiving and jailing so many criminals that entered our country, and it was under the previous administration that the number became record-setting, and they're all being taken out.2025 September 23, Donald Trump, speech at United Nations

Origin of record-setting

From record + setting.

Questions about record-setting

What does record-setting mean?
Record-setting means creating a new record, or most extreme known value for performance in some field of endeavor or activity, usually by beating the prior record; for example, by running a race faster than anyone ever has.
What part of speech is record-setting?
Record-setting is an adjective.

Words near record-setting in the dictionary

  1. record-keeping
  2. record-player
  3. record-players
  4. record-set
  5. record-sets
  6. record-setting
  7. recordability
  8. recordable
  9. recordal
  10. recordals
  11. recordance

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