race
any competition
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,104 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 16,658 times across 173,849 chapters — 0.008% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- any competition the race for the presidency
- a contest of speed the race is to the swift
- 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
- (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species also: subspecies
- the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller also: slipstream, airstream, backwash, wash
- a canal for a current of water also: raceway
verb
- move hurridly also: rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, pelt along He rushed down the hall to receive his guestsThe cars raced down the street
- compete in a race also: run he is running the Marathon this yearlet's race and see who gets there first
race in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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He won the nonstop London to Glasgow race on an eighteen horsepower Renault.
The Motormaniacs · Lloyd Osbourne · Chapter 1
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But undergraduates of every race Flocked to the Theatre, each night to fill it.
Punch — Volume 101, November 7, 1891 · Various · Chapter 1
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Equally favoured were stories dealing with Norse Mythology and the heroic legends of his race.
The Soul of a Child · Edwin Björkman · Chapter 1
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A babel of conversation swayed to and fro among this northernmost fringe of the human race.
The Eternal Maiden · T. Everett (Thomas Everett) Harré · Chapter 1
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There lacked not men of prowess, Nor men of lordly race, For all Etruria's noblest Were round the fatal place.
Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) · O. J. [Annotator] Stevenson · Chapter 1