track record
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4.1
- noun
- /træk ˈrɛkərd/
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récord de pista
- Kasey Kahne Breaks Track Record, Wins Pole
- broke the track record
- set a track record
Examples
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Your horse just set a new track record at the racetrack yesterday.
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Your horse just broke the track record at Tanforan.
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My particular type of cancer has a track record of 53% survivability at 5 years, then 31% at 10.
Blog text (1) -
Kasey Kahne set a new track record at Kansas Speedway to win the pole for Sunday's Hollywood Casino 400.
Blog text (11) -
Joey Logano broke the Kansas Speedway track record Saturday afternoon with a time of 29.522 at 182.914 mph in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.
Blog text (11) -
The track record, most particularly with Vodafone Group Plc (NASDAQ: VOD) (LON: VOD), suggests that Softbank has the managerial expertise to handle such an investment.
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Last week, she broke the track record for the 100-meter sprint with an impressive time.
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He achieved a remarkable track record by completing the marathon faster than anyone else.
Synonyms
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3.2
A list of past results and achievements by a team or person
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun 'record' clearly signals a documented history, but the use of 'track' in the sense of a past path or history is somewhat metaphorical and may not be the most salient meaning for a B1 learner. Because the combination yields a plausible compositional meaning ('a record of someone's past track/path' → history of performance) yet relies on a non-literal sense of 'track', the phrase is only partially predictable without prior exposure.
Etymology
Track record comes from racing: a track is the race course and a record is the best time kept there, so it means the fastest time ever at that track.