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Meaning race meaning

What does race mean?
Definitions in simple English

race Noun

— A race is when people compete to see who is the fastest at either driving or running. There was a race to see who could finish first. — A race is a group of people that come from the same place and have similar traditions. — A race is a group of people with the same physical characteristics, such as skin color, hair color and type, etc.

race Verb

— When a person races, he competes with other people to see who can go the fastest. Tom was hungry, so he raced George down to the ice cream truck.

race

— verb (= rush) move fast He rushed down the hall to receive his guests The cars raced down the street — noun a contest of speed the race is to the swift — noun any competition the race for the presidency — noun people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock some biologists doubt that there are important genetic differences between races of human beings — verb (= run) compete in a race he is running the Marathon this year let's race and see who gets there first — noun (= subspecies) (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species — verb (= rush) cause to move fast or to rush or race The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze — verb to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others We are racing to find a cure for AIDS — noun (= raceway) a canal for a current of water — noun (= slipstream) the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller

Synonyms race synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as race?

race English » English

run tribe family rush breed competition clan lineage species dash speed contest sprint people nation kind stock seed running tear origin nationality match hurry compete scoot run a race raceway hasten genus ethnic group caste subspecies rush along racing offspring group class wash tear along strain step on it slipstream scurry pedigree hotfoot heat generation gallop fly

RACE English » English

rapid amplification of cDNA ends

Topics race topics

What do people use race to talk about?
Physical actions Move Manner of movement Walk

Run
Social behavior Social activity Entertainment, recreation

Sports
Universe, creation Water Bodies of water

River
Universe, creation Animal Animal actions

Animal movement
Person Body Internal organs

Heart
Social behavior Relationships Kinship

Family, clan
Social behavior Relationships Kinship

Race
Physical actions Move Manner of movement

Move quickly
Universe, creation Water Movement of water

Wave

Person
Social behavior Social activity Entertainment, recreation

Gambling

Conjugation race conjugation

How do you conjugate race?

race · verb

Examples race examples

How do I use race in a sentence?

Simple sentences

He came in fifth in the race.
Tom thought he had a chance to win the race.
The race is over.
Tom thinks he's going to lose the race.
I won the race.
Is it true that Tom won the race?
As wars and murders show, bestiality is a typical feature of the human race.
I have no horse in this race.
Tom won the race despite his handicap.
Only by prohibiting nuclear weapons altogether can we stop the arms race.
The race went down to the wire.
I was exhausted after running the race.
He slowly finished the race.
A new team was formed in order to take part in the boat race.
Ben ran a 100-meter race with Carl.
It looks like Tom won the race.
Tom boasts of never having been defeated in a horse race.
The laws apply to everyone irrespective of race, creed or color.
Only four horses competed in the race.
He has the lead in the race.
England is going to win the race.
The race was fixed.
The race was a photo finish.
Before the race, the runners have to warm up.
Slow and steady wins the race.
There were fifty entries for the race.
It's fun to watch the race.
That company hires people without regard to race, religion, or nationality.
I don't care about your race or age or religion.
Atomic bombs are a danger to the human race.
It was now a race against time.

Movie subtitles

For Europeans, exploration was the Iate-15th-century space race.
Or rather, spice race.
But if we do pick up a signal from an alien race, not everyone thinks it's such a good idea to answer back.
A roller skating race?
Not just any race, the Buffalo Queens are going to be there.
I'm going to enter that race.
Oh, are you going to race too?
Signing up for the race, of course.
She wouldn't let you race.
They pretend to race against one another, but they're always working together.
They don't win every race, that would be too obvious.
Once they fix the race, they ensure they get the win.
No, but it does provide you with sufficient motivation to have injured Sophie Palmer prior to the race.
Well then, that provides you with enough motivation to have injured Miss Palmer prior to the race.
All men will be equal, regardless of race or religion.
It's because of Marie. - It's a race.
A superhuman race of unknown origin that we encountered during our mission to suppress the Zero-Zero cyborgs.
As a defender of humanity all this time, you do realize the modern human race is no longer worthy of being protected.
He'd be hard pressed to find someone who'd believe a race of immortals are running the world from the shadows.
What do you mean? Or weren't you also members of the human race yourselves?
This is a plan that will also benefit the human race.
Seems to me, the thing you're most afraid of is. the human race.
Damn it. You mean we have to just sit here and watch Pyunma race for his life?
Why don't you join me? Help me guide the human race into becoming better than they are.
It's as I suspected. You mean to bring harm to the human race.
Because you're working to wipe out the human race.
I realized that even with my power, it wasn't nearly adequate to save the entire human race.
In terms of nationality and race, they're all over the map.
Who do you like in the last race at Louisville?
Now, put this on Flying Feet in that third race at Churchill Downs.
Who do you like in the fifth race at Louisville?
Like going into a race blindfolded.
It's a pity to race through such an exhibition.
Hah! I have found the Americans a most engaging race.
A people that does not protect the purity of its race, goes to seed!
Come on, I'll race you.
When they start dumping a horse, the race is out.
From now on, we're not covering any more than 3 grand on any horse, no matter if it's the only horse in the race.
There must be a bicycle race around here.
My father has refused to race since that day.
No, a horse race.
Whenever ten or more Argentinians get together there is always a horse race.

News and current affairs

For many of his supporters, it was President Ronald Reagan who, with his deliberate escalation of the arms race, pushed the Soviet economy to the brink, thereby fully demonstrating the superiority of liberal societies and free markets.
Gates, deeply conscious, indeed a specialist of the terrible history of race relations in his country, instinctively assumed that he was a victim of prejudice.
The complexities of black anger, white guilt, and of black, and white fear, are so vexed that most Americans prefer not to talk about race at all.
There is, however, a danger that it will have an adverse affect on the necessary national discussion about race.
Indeed, many EU members have been in a race with each other to see who will be Russia's closest friend in the Union.
This would not be achieved, however, through an inevitably imperfect sanctions regime, or by America's resort to Cold War logic aimed at breaking Iran's backbone by drawing it into a ruinous arms race.
As the New Year begins, the US continues to race ahead of its rich-country counterparts.
Is any form of race-related speech that anybody finds offensive to be prosecuted?
The Jews, the defense claimed, do not constitute a race.
LONDON - The race for the leadership of the British Labour Party isn't normally a world-shaking event.
The Miliband race was an extreme example of what might be called counter-nepotism - the attempt to abstract the politician from all private attachments.
Greece has yet to put on its sneakers, while other troubled countries, such as Ireland, race ahead with massive fiscal adjustments.
So what is keeping Berlusconi and his coalition in the race?
This ambivalence has now been greatly reduced because of China's recent action, which could precipitate a race to militarize and weaponize outer space.
Class and race overlap in the US.
The complexities of black anger, white guilt, and of black, and white fear, are so vexed that most Americans prefer not to talk about race at all. The field is too full of mines.
The old Cold War world order was based on the nuclear arms race between the two superpowers, the United States and Soviet Union.
Culture is a necessary pause from the daily rat race, from our chaotic and often vulgar political surroundings, and it is a chance to recover our spiritual energy.
MADRID - The United States is gearing up for that most intoxicating (and exhausting) of political events: an open-seat race for the presidency.
With US President Barack Obama's eight years in office coming to an end, and Vice President Joe Biden unlikely to run, the race will be without an incumbent.
Italy's new government will have to display leadership and vision to guide the economy toward stable growth, avert a race to the bottom, and stem growing social tension.
If elected, she would be South Korea's first woman president, and, for her rivals, her dominant position in the race is an uncomfortable but unassailable fact.
When embarrassed by comments made by the pastor of his church, he delivered an exceptional speech about race in America.
They do not fear a nuclear attack against Israel, but rather a nuclear arms race in the region and a dramatic shift in power to Israel's disadvantage.
And what if it triggers a regional nuclear arms race?
After all, the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran would most likely exacerbate violent conflict and a nuclear arms race in the region.

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