racing

Collocations

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1

(noun.) sport of racing horses

ADJ

horse | flat, jump

RACING + NOUN

results | tip

expert, tipster

My uncle follows a racing expert who picks winners at the weekend meetings.

manager, owner, trainer | career | stable | trophy

calendar, programme, season

The racing season starts in March and runs until November every year.

business, game, industry

Sarah's father spent decades in the racing industry before he finally retired last year.

circles, scene

His father had spent decades working in the racing scene before retiring last year.

correspondent

Our newspaper's racing correspondent will interview the winning jockey tomorrow.

2

(noun.) sport of taking part in races

ADJ

competitive, top-level

She trained hard for years before entering competitive racing at the national championships.

bike, dog, motor, yacht, etc. | Grand Prix | road, track

RACING + NOUN

champion

legend, star

The young racing star won three championships before turning twenty-five.

cyclist, driver | team | programme, season | scene | career, days

debut

She made her racing debut at just sixteen years old.

car

circuit

The driver trained hard to prepare for her first time on the professional racing circuit.

enthusiast, fan

Definitions

noun

1

The sport of competing in races.

Chariot racings are probably, however, those in which the horse first distinguished himself as a courser, and we believe our earliest notices on the subject point to those of Persia, which were practised at the sacrifices made to the sun […]

The war years have not greatly altered running conditions on the East Coast route north of Edinburgh. It was never a racing ground, and the heavier loads and the possibility of indifferent coal have been only partially balanced by the increases in running times of the principal trains.

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set pulses racing

To excite, thrill.

And while the performance hardly set pulses racing, it should be remembered that the side that starts the serious action against France in Donestsk on 11 June will not resemble the

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Chariot racings are probably, however, those in which the horse first distinguished himself as a courser, and we believe our earliest notices on the subject point to those of Persia, which were practi

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The war years have not greatly altered running conditions on the East Coast route north of Edinburgh. It was never a racing ground, and the heavier loads and the possibility of indifferent coal have b

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03

With horse racing and such, these are called "stakes". For this meaning the plural form is often used.

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Racing car drivers aren't just in it for the prize money but also for the thrill of racing.

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Mountain bike racing has caught on with young Japanese in the past few years.

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Hatoyama says that he supports his family by gambling on horse racing.

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