race
noun
uk
/reɪs/ us
/reɪs/race noun (COMPETITION)
A2 [ C ]
race for Kieran and Andrew are in a race for promotion.
[ + to infinitive ] Three newspapers are involved in a race to publish the story.
- I was just congratulating Ceri on winning her race.
- If an athlete makes a false start, the race must be restarted.
- Several jockeys were arrested on suspicion of fixing the race.
- It was a real race against time to get all the costumes sewn for the play.
- He found three 400 metre races in two days hard going.
- bathing beauty
- battle of wits idiom
- be a game of two halves idiom
- beauty contest
- beauty pageant
- benefit match
- bowl
- championship
- elimination tournament
- kickabout
- non-major
- omnium
- on your marks, get set, go! idiom
- postgame
- pre-meeting
- pro-am
- Rafferty's rules
- round robin
- starter
- under starter's orders idiom
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race noun (PEOPLE)
C1 [ C ]
[ C, + sing/pl verb ] dated
The British are an island race.
- She teaches the students to have respect for different races and appreciate the diversity of other cultures.
- People should not be stigmatized on the basis of race.
- Today, many Americans are still grappling with the issue of race.
- Discrimination on the basis of race, gender, age or disability is not allowed.
race
verb
uk
/reɪs/ us
/reɪs/race verb (COMPETITION)
B1 [ I or T ]
race verb (HURRY)
He raced down the street.
He raced the car engine (= made it work faster than it needed to) as he sat impatiently at the traffic lights.
- speedHe ran back to his car and sped off.
- raceShe raced over and hugged me.
- flyShe flew across the room just in time to stop the baby falling off the chair.
- beltUK Traffic was belting along the motorway.
- tearA fire truck came tearing down the road.
- streakBullets streaked across the sky.
