Meaning

2 senses
  1. A competition for military supremacy between two powers, especially for the most weapons and the best military technology.

    Wettrüsten, Rüstungswettlauf

    го́нка вооруже́нийgónka vooružénij

    перего́ни озбро́єньperehóny ozbrójenʹ

    a competition between nations to have the most powerful armaments

  2. (figuratively)Any similar competition that involves competing developments.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a competition for military supremacy:
Русский
By meaning 1
a competition for military supremacy:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a competition for military supremacy:

Forms

plural: arms races
Singulararms race
Pluralarms races

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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