noun
Meaning 1
A person's best ever performance at some task to date.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- His personal best was a seven-minute mile.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: personal record
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
personal best
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Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: henkilökohtainen ennätys — person's best performance at a task
- French: record personnel — person's best performance at a task
- German: persönliche Bestleistung — person's best performance at a task
- German: persönlicher Rekord — person's best performance at a task
- Macedonian: ли́чно достигну́вање (líčno dostignúvanje) — person's best performance at a task
- Macedonian: ли́чен ре́корд (líčen rékord) — person's best performance at a task
- Polish: osobisty rekord — person's best performance at a task
- Polish: życiówka — person's best performance at a task
- Swedish: personbästa — person's best performance at a task
- Swedish: pers — person's best performance at a task