Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
world-beater is a noun meaning "a competitor who holds a preeminent position". It carries one recorded sense.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for world-beater come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.