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record
What does record mean?
record (noun): an extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport).
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Where does record come from?
Inherited from Middle English recorde, borrowed from Old French record, deverbal from recorder.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
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