a written statement of facts, events etc; being the best yet; a limit, score, point, mark etc (high or low), not reached before; (especially in sport) the best yet done
account of event or proceedings
Cases of word usage
1) (to make) a record of (events) in the order of their happening (chronicle)
2) (to protect a work, author, with) the sole legal right to print, publish, sell, broadcast, perform, film or record the work or any part of it (copyright)
3) a section of a check, receipt etc kept by the sender as a record (counterfoil)
4) (a book used for) a daily record of events, appointments etc (diary)
5) a set of papers giving information about a person or event, especially a personal record (dossier)
6) an act or sound of flopping; (of a play, book, record etc) a failure to please the public (flop)
7) a blow (that reaches a target); violent contact that causes damage; (of a performance, actor, new model, record etc) success (because liked by the audience, buyers etc) (hit)
8) a length of tree-trunk that has fallen or been cut down; an official record of the journey of a ship or plane (log)
9) very small; giving small details; careful and exact; the sixtieth part of one hour; to make a record of (a decision, agreement etc) (minute)
10) a (pointed) top of a mountain; a highest point in a record or figures (peak)