Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive)To race on foot.

  2. (transitive)To race (someone or something) on foot.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. I finally caught my breath five minutes after I finished the footrace.

    ruЯ наконец отдышался через пять минут после забега. — Ooneykcall

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  2. Hare and Hedgehog began their footrace.

    deHase und Igel begannen ihren Wettlauf. — Manfredo

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Origin

From foot + race.

From foot + race.

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Forms

footraces, footracing, footraced, footraced
Base formfootrace · to footrace
3rd person singularfootraces
Present participlefootracing
Past simplefootraced
Past participlefootraced

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfootrace
he, she, itfootraces

Past simpleLesson

all personsfootraced

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave footraced
he, she, ithas footraced

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill footrace

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
footnoteB2footpathfootprintfootsiefootstepfootstoolfootwear
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