race

CEFRA2

/ɹeɪs/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A competition to see who moves fastest or finishes first.

  2. 02

    noun

    A group of people sharing physical or cultural features.

Examples

  • Having run the race, Jane had two glasses of barley tea.

  • He came in fifth in the race.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A race condition; a bug or problem that occurs when two or more components attempt to use the same resource at the same time.

  2. Swift progress; rapid motion; an instance of moving or driving at high speed.

  3. A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective.

More examples

In context

  • The race ended with eight laps of a city centre circuit.

  • Several horses ran in a horse race: the first one to reach the finishing post won.

  • The race around the park was won by Johnny, who ran faster than the others.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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.