track record

1. 1.

   the fastest time ever recorded for a specific distance at a particular racetrack

   “the track record for the mile and a half at Belmont is 2 minutes 24 seconds held by Secretariat since 1973”

   Broaderrecord
2. 2.

   the sum of recognized accomplishments

   “the lawyer has a good record”

   “the track record shows that he will be a good president”

   Synonymsrecord

   Broaderaccomplishment

Questions about track record

What does track record mean?

track record means "the fastest time ever recorded for a specific distance at a particular racetrack". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for track record?

Close synonyms include record. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is track record a common word?

track record is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.