Meaning

27 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)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

    Rennen, Wettrennen

    го́нкаgónka, го́нкиgónki

    го́нкаhónka, перего́ниperehóny, забі́гzabíh

  2. (countable, uncountable)Swift progress; rapid motion; an instance of moving or driving at high speed.

  3. (countable, uncountable)A race condition; a bug or problem that occurs when two or more components attempt to use the same resource at the same time.

  4. (countable, uncountable)A sequence of events; a progressive movement toward a goal.

  5. (countable, uncountable)A fast-moving current of water.

    a canal for a current of water

  6. (countable, uncountable)A water channel, especially one built to lead water to or from a point where it is utilised, such as that which powers a millwheel.

  7. (countable, uncountable)A path that something or someone moves along.

  8. A guide or channel that a component of a machine moves along:

    (countable, uncountable)A groove on a sewing machine or a loom along which the shuttle moves.

  9. (countable, uncountable)A ring with a groove in which rolling elements (such as balls) ride, forming part of a rolling-element bearing (for example, a ball bearing).

    inner/outer race

  10. (countable, uncountable)A keno gambling session.

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

    (countable, uncountable)A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage.

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

    Rasse, Geschlecht

    ра́саrása

    ра́саrása

  12. (countable, uncountable)A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of common physical characteristics, such as skin color or hair type.

    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.

Examples

1021 sentences
  1. Slow and steady wins the race.

    Тихше їдеш – далі будеш.

    ruТише едешь — дальше будешь.

    deWer langsam geht, kommt auch ans Ziel.

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  2. He took part in the race.

    Він прийняв участь у перегонах.

    ruОн принял участие в гонке.

    deEr nahm an dem Rennen teil.

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  3. How many races have you won?

    Скільки ти виграв перегонів?

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  4. Are you ready for the race?

    Ти готовий до перегонів?

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  5. I had a race with Tom.

    У нас з Томом були перегони.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
a large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of physical characteristics:
contest:
Русский
By meaning 3
a large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of physical characteristics:
a group of organisms distinguished by common characteristics:
contest:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
contest:
a large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage:

Origin

From Middle English race, partially from Old English rǣs (“a race, swift or violent runnin

From Middle English race, partially from Old English rǣs (“a race, swift or violent running, rush, onset”), from Proto-West Germanic *rās; and partially from Old Norse rás (“a running, race”); both from Proto-Germanic *rēsō (“a course”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁s- (“to flow, rush”). Cognate with Middle Low German râs ("a strong current"; whence German Low German Raas (“mad rush, rage, fury”)), Dutch ras (“a strong whirling current”), Danish ræs, Norwegian and Swedish ras, Norwegian rås.

1560s, via Middle French race from Italian razza (early 14th century), of uncertain origin. Partially displaced native Middle English kinde (“kind, type, sort, race, nature”), whence English kind. Fully displaced native Old English cnōsl and hād.

Mid 16th century. From Middle French raïz, raiz, rais (“root”), from Latin radix (“root”), from Proto-Italic *wrādīks, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds.

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Forms

plural: races
Singularrace
Pluralraces

regular

Synonyms

95 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a canal for a current of water:raceway
  • (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species:subspecies
  • the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller:slipstreamairstreambackwashwash

Word family

117 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • win the race
  • won the race
  • race car driver
  • in the race
  • lose the race
  • a race car
  • horse race
  • race car
  • finish the race
  • becoming a race
  • marathon race
  • of the race

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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