surpass a record

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• record — I n. best performance 1) to establish, set a (new) record 2) to equal, tie a record 3) to beat, better, break, surpass a record 4) to hold a record 5) an unbroken record 6) an attendance; speed record 7) a national; Olympic; world record 8)… …   Combinatory dictionary

• Record — Rec ord (r[e^]k [ e]rd), n. [OF. recort, record, remembrance, attestation, record. See {Record}, v. t.] 1. A writing by which some act or event, or a number of acts or events, is recorded; a register; as, a record of the acts of the Hebrew kings; …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• surpass — I verb antecellere, be greater, be superior, beat, better, break the record, cap, come first, distance, eclipse, exceed, excel, excellere, get ahead, go beyond, go one better, have the upper hand, improve upon, leave behind, outmaneuver, outclass …   Law dictionary

• surpass — verb (T) 1 to be even better or greater than someone or something else: Gower became England s highest run scorer, surpassing Geoff Boycott s old record. | surpass expectations/hopes/dreams (=be better than you had expected, hoped etc) 2 surpass… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• surpass — v 1. exceed, pass, pass or go beyond, Sl. one up, break the record, Inf. go over the top; transcend, leave behind, leave in the dust; prevail over, take precedence over, supersede. 2. excel, better, Inf. go one better, trump; walk off or away… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• Court of record — Record Rec ord (r[e^]k [ e]rd), n. [OF. recort, record, remembrance, attestation, record. See {Record}, v. t.] 1. A writing by which some act or event, or a number of acts or events, is recorded; a register; as, a record of the acts of the Hebrew …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Debt of record — Record Rec ord (r[e^]k [ e]rd), n. [OF. recort, record, remembrance, attestation, record. See {Record}, v. t.] 1. A writing by which some act or event, or a number of acts or events, is recorded; a register; as, a record of the acts of the Hebrew …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• To beat the record — Record Rec ord (r[e^]k [ e]rd), n. [OF. recort, record, remembrance, attestation, record. See {Record}, v. t.] 1. A writing by which some act or event, or a number of acts or events, is recorded; a register; as, a record of the acts of the Hebrew …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• To break the record — Record Rec ord (r[e^]k [ e]rd), n. [OF. recort, record, remembrance, attestation, record. See {Record}, v. t.] 1. A writing by which some act or event, or a number of acts or events, is recorded; a register; as, a record of the acts of the Hebrew …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Trial by record — Record Rec ord (r[e^]k [ e]rd), n. [OF. recort, record, remembrance, attestation, record. See {Record}, v. t.] 1. A writing by which some act or event, or a number of acts or events, is recorded; a register; as, a record of the acts of the Hebrew …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• beat a record — surpass a highest score (or fastest time, etc.) …   English contemporary dictionary