race

/ɹeɪs/

verb 12noun 11name 1

Collocations

(noun.) contest to find the fastest person, car, etc.

ADJ

big

She trained for months to prepare for the big race next weekend.

VERB + RACE

have, hold, organize, stage

The school is organizing a race for all the students next month.

be in, compete in, enter, go in for, run in, take part in

My brother decided to enter the marathon race last year and trained for months.

drop out of, pull out of, withdraw (sth) from

She withdrew from the marathon race due to an injury the day before the event.

lead, win

Our team is leading the race by just two seconds with only one lap remaining.

lose | come first/second, etc. in | beat sb/sth in

fix

People suspected the officials had fixed the race because the winner was obviously the slowest runner.

throw

RACE + VERB

be run/held, take place

RACE + NOUN

meeting

My uncle enjoys attending the local race meeting every Saturday afternoon.

winner | official, organizer

PREP

in a/the ~

She decided not to enter the race because she wasn't feeling well that day.

~ against/with

My brother trained hard for the race against his rival from the neighboring town.

~ between

The final championship race between the two fastest runners was incredibly exciting.

~ over

The marathon course goes over mountains, hills, and several bridges before finishing in the city center.

(noun.) competitive situation

ADJ

two-horse

The presidential election became a two-horse race after the third candidate dropped out.

presidential

arms

During the Cold War, the two superpowers were locked in a dangerous arms race.

VERB + RACE

be (involved) in, join

Several tech companies joined the race to develop the fastest smartphone processor.

be ahead in, lead, win

The young cyclist was ahead in the mountain race after just five kilometers.

be left behind in, lag behind in, lose

PREP

in a/the ~

Several companies are competing in the race to develop the first electric vehicle.

~ between

There was an exciting race between the two fastest runners on our school team.

~ for

Several companies are competing in the race for the fastest smartphone technology.

~ with

She enjoyed the friendly race with her sister along the beach every summer morning.

(noun.) racial group

ADJ

human

mixed

My best friend comes from a mixed race background and speaks three languages at home.

Irish, Jewish, Latin, etc.

master

The coach was a master of race strategy, knowing exactly when each runner should sprint.

RACE + NOUN

relations

Improving race relations between different communities requires patience and honest dialogue.

equality | discrimination, prejudice | riot

PREP

among ~s

There are significant differences in average height among different populations around the world.

between ~s

There is less conflict between races when people learn about each other's cultures.

from a ~

People from different races work together at our community center.

of a ~

Members of a race from Africa shared their traditional music at the community festival.

~ of

A race of tiny ants built their colony underneath the old oak tree in our garden.

PHRASES

on (the) grounds of race

People should not be denied jobs on the grounds of race.

(verb.)

ADV

frantically, madly

His heart was pounding as he raced madly through the airport to catch his flight.

ahead, away, back, by, downstairs, off, out, past, upstairs

The children raced upstairs to find their hidden presents on Christmas morning.

PREP

across, after, along, around/round, down, for, into, out of, through, to, towards, up

She raced across the street to catch the bus before it left.

PHRASES

come racing

The children came racing down the stairs when they heard the ice cream truck outside.

Definitions

noun

A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective.

Several horses ran in a horse race: the first one to reach the finishing post won.

The race to cure cancer

Swift progress; rapid motion; an instance of moving or driving at high speed.

The flight of many birds is swifter than the race of any beasts.

Hence the rapid race / Of light, and lustre from th' effusive sun

A race condition; a bug or problem that occurs when two or more components attempt to use the same resource at the same time.

Many problems of oscillations and races are solved by this arrangement.

Because a race by definition depends on the timing being just wrong, you could test your program any number of times, never observe any misbehavior, and still have a user run into the problem.¶ This occurrence is not just a theoretical possibility: Real programs have race bugs and real users have encountered them, sometimes with consequences that have literally been fatal.

A sequence of events; a progressive movement toward a goal.

A race of wicked acts / Shall flow out of my anger, and o’erspread / The world’s wide face[.]

An offensive war is made, which is unjust in the aggressor; the prosecution and race of the war carrieth the defendant to invade the ancient patrimony of the first aggressor, who is now turned defendant; shall he sit down, and not put himself in defence?

A fast-moving current of water.

Here are in these seas two dangerous races, the one called St. Alban's, the other Portland Race.

The existing analysis and program for the propeller-rudder interaction has been updated incorporating all the improvements concerned with the propeller loading distribution, including that associated with the fact that the rudder is immersed in the race of the propeller.

verb

To take part in a race (in the sense of a contest).

The drivers were racing around the track.

Honesty raced up six lengths in front of Wandering Minstrel, turned, then raced past for the second, and lost his place at the hedge; some work followed to the plantation, but Honesty was always the faster in the racing stretches, and won easily.

To compete against in a race (contest).

I raced him to the car, but he was there first, so he got to ride shotgun.

[…]a fresh fox popped out of a pit, and they raced him to Cherrington, where hounds were stopped at dark[…]

To move or drive at high speed; to hurry or speed.

As soon as it was time to go home, he raced for the door.

Her heart was racing as she peered into the dimly lit room.

To run rapidly when not engaged to a transmission.

"My mind is like a racing engine, tearing itself to pieces because it is not connected up with the work for which it was built."

He put the transmission into drive and pressed the gas. The engine raced and the motor home rocked, gently, but did not move forward.

noun

A group of sentient beings, particularly people, distinguished by common ancestry, heritage or characteristics (see Wikipedia's article on historical definitions of race):

The Canadian race is one of the most vigorous on the globe.

Felovves, they ſhall never more us vvithſtonde, / For I ſe them all drovvned in the raſe of Irlonde.

A group of sentient beings, particularly people, distinguished by common ancestry, heritage or characteristics (see Wikipedia's article on historical definitions of race):

Race was a significant issue during apartheid in South Africa.

The Native Americans colonized the New World in several waves from Asia, and thus they are considered part of the same Mongoloid race.

A group of sentient beings, particularly people, distinguished by common ancestry, heritage or characteristics (see Wikipedia's article on historical definitions of race):

The advent of the Internet has brought about a new race of entrepreneur.

We toiled not in the acquirement or establishment of them—they are a legacy bequeathed us, by a once hardy, brave, and patriotic, but now lamented and departed race of ancestors.

A group of sentient beings, particularly people, distinguished by common ancestry, heritage or characteristics (see Wikipedia's article on historical definitions of race):

A treaty was concluded between the race of elves and the race of men.

There are two distinct races of gods known to Norse mythology[.]

A group of organisms distinguished by common characteristics; often an informal infraspecific rank in taxonomy, below species

[I]nnumerable popingayes of ſundry kindes are found chattering in the groues of thoſe fenny places. […] For in the raſe of this large lande, Colonus [Christopher Columbus] him ſelfe brought and ſent to the courte a greate number of euery kynde, the which it was lawfull for all the people to beholde, and are yet dayly browght in like manner.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a canal for a current of water

raceway

noun — (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species

subspecies

noun — the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft prop

verb — compete in a race

verb — move hurridly

verb — cause to move fast or to rush or race

rush

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

play the race card

To assert that race or racism is involved in a situation, especially in order to exploit racist or antiracist attitudes.

The defense played the race card, but Ito let them.

caucus race

The competitive process in which a political party selects their candidate, especially presidential; a primary election via caucus.

Mr. Gingrich, who is now the minority whip, announced last week that he had rounded up more than 100 commitments from House Republicans for the caucus race to come after the electi

race queen

A glamorous model accompanying the pit crew in Japanese motor racing.

[…] crowds ogle the red-clad "Coca-Cola race queens" at an eight-hour motorcycle endurance race in Japan.

race out of the traps

To start something very quickly.

As if spurred on by the recent barbs and an increasingly perilous league position, Hughes's side raced out of the traps, starting the game as though Premier League survival depende

race against time

A situation in which something must be done hurriedly, before a deadline.

Scottish curler Eve Muirhead was left facing a race against time to make the first European Tour event of the season after being stung by a wasp.

Example Bank

Several horses ran in a horse race: the first one to reach the finishing post won.

Wiktionary

The race to cure cancer

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The race around the park was won by Johnny, who ran faster than the others.

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The drivers were racing around the track.

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"I cannot wait to race in front of the amazing home crowd," she added.

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Usage Notes

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