race

Pronunciation

• enPR: /rās/, IPA ^(key): /reɪs/
• SAMPA: /reIs/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

Singular race

Plural races

1. (countable) 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.

2. (countable) A race is a group of people that come from the same place and have similar traditions.
3. (countable) A race is a group of people with the same physical characteristics, such as skin color, hair color and type, etc.

   There were three different races at the school; Blacks, Whites, and Asians

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  A horse race
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  A car race
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  A relay race
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  A dragon boat race

Verb

Plain form race

Third-person singular races

Past tense raced

Past participle raced

Present participle racing

1. (transitive) 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.