Record

(n)

ˈrekɔːd

ˈrekərd

Definition: A thing constituting a piece of evidence about the past, especially an account kept in writing or some other permanent form.

Meaning: Thành tích, kỷ lục ( thể dục, thế thao )

Very Common

How to use "Record" vocabulary in sentence (example)

Jeremy Lin held the record of the high points scored in their first 3 games.

Karl Malone holds the record for free throws.

Harlem Globetrotters Corey 'Thunder' Law made a shot from 109 feet, 9 inches, setting world record.

The world record for the highest basketball shot is 415 feet high.

Older folk are flocking to the online marketplace, in record numbers, opting for a home-away-from-home experience, instead of the one size fits all, assembly line hotels, which often feel impersonal and lacking in charm.

But the record for the most items listed, collectively form multiple sellers at one given time was 800 million items.

The Guinness World Record for the most pancakes served in 8 hours by a team is 34,818.

The record for the largest number of kittens in the same litter was 19.

The record is held by a Burmese cat called Tarawood Antigone, who was just four years old at the time.

She lived with her owners in Bonham, Texas, where she gave birth to the world-record-holding number of kittens.

However, the oldest domestic horse on record was Old Billy, who died at the age of 62.

Sampson was a Shire horse and the tallest on record.

The record for the largest number of portions sold in one day by an independent fish and chip shop is over 4,000.

Record weight for males is claimed as 700 lbs (318 kg), but this cannot be confirmed.

The longest badminton match on record, between a Danish player named Peter Rasmussen and a Chinese player named Sun Jun, lasted for a total of 124 minutes.

The record was an unofficial human speed record and until the Space Shuttle came along the record was unbroken.

The official world water speed record was set on the 8th October 1978 by Ken Warby after reaching 275.97 knots (511.11 km/h, or 317.58 mph) on Blowering Dam Lake, New South Wales, Australia in the jet-powered hydroplane Spirit of Australia.

According to the Guinness World Records, as of 2013, the record lies with the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Supersport after reaching a top speed of 431.072km/h (267.856mph).

The previous record was also set by itself just a few days prior to this manned test run.