Hold and Record

Hold

Hold verb - To have or keep in one's hands.

Record and hold are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Record" instead a verb "Hold".

Nearby Words: holding, holder, holdback

Record

Record verb - To make a written note of.

Hold and record are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hold" instead a verb "Record".

Nearby Words: recorded, recording, recorder, recordist, recordable

How words are described

old old hold old record
good good hold good record
high high hold high record
full full hold full record
Other adjectives: best, long, better, complete, solid, original, single, poor, strong, actual, entire, massive, large, final, last, favorite, losing.

Common collocations

meeting hold meeting record meeting
conversation hold conversation record conversation
conversations hold conversations record conversations

Both words in one sentence

  • You're probably never going to hold the world record for the 10,000m, but the world record for doing the 10,000m on all fours while dressed as a postbox?
  • Doom was already in Hell when Reed resorted to this — with Doom's record, he didn't trust the devil to hold him.
  • For the record, hand blows are not used when playing because most of them are not only too dangerous, but too difficult to hold back.
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