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Definitions and meaning of race
race
Pronunciation
enPR: rās, IPA(key): /ɹeɪs/
Rhymes: -eɪs
Etymology 1
From Middle Englishrace, partially from Old Englishrǣs(“a race, swift or violent running, rush, onset”), from Proto-West Germanic*rās; and partially from Old Norserás(“a running, race”); both from Proto-Germanic*rēsō(“a course”), from Proto-Indo-European*h₁reh₁s-(“to flow, rush”). Cognate with Middle Low Germanrâs(“a strong current”), Dutchras(“a strong whirling current”), Danishræs, Norwegian and Swedishras, Norwegianrås.
Noun
race (countable and uncountable, pluralraces)
A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective.
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Swift progress; rapid motion; an instance of moving or driving at high speed.
Synonyms:dash, running, rush
(electronics, computing) A race condition; a bug or problem that occurs when two or more components attempt to use the same resource at the same time.
Synonyms:race condition, race hazard
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A sequence of events; a progressive movement toward a goal.
Synonyms:course, procedure, process, train; see also Thesaurus:sequence
A fast-moving current of water.
Synonym:rip
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A water channel, especially one built to lead water to or from a point where it is utilised, such as that which powers a millwheel.
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A guide or channel that a component of a machine moves along:
(sewing, weaving) A groove on a sewing machine or a loom along which the shuttle moves.
Synonym:shuttle race
(engineering) A ring with a groove in which rolling elements (such as balls) ride, forming part of a rolling-element bearing (for example, a ball bearing).
(gambling) A keno gambling session.
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Verb
race (third-person singular simple presentraces, present participleracing, simple past and past participleraced)
(intransitive) To take part in a race (in the sense of a contest).
(transitive) To compete against in a race (contest).
(intransitive) To move or drive at high speed; to hurry or speed.
Synonyms:rush, shift, zip, zoom
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(intransitive, of a motor) To run rapidly when not engaged to a transmission.
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Etymology 2
1560s, via Middle Frenchrace from Italianrazza (early 14th century), of uncertain origin.
Noun
race (countable and uncountable, pluralraces)
A group of sentient beings, particularly people, distinguished by common ancestry, heritage or characteristics (see Wikipedia's article on historical definitions of race):
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A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of common physical characteristics, such as skin color or hair type.
Hyponyms:black, white, caucasian, mongoloid
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A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of shared characteristics or qualities, for example social qualities.
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(fantasy, science fiction, mythology) A large group of nonhumans distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage.
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A group of organisms distinguished by common characteristics; often an informal infraspecific rank in taxonomy, below species:
Synonyms:kind, strain, variety
(biology) A population geographically separated from others of its species that develops significantly different characteristics; a mating group.
Synonyms:ecospecies, ecotype, subspecies
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(botany) A strain of plant with characteristics causing it to differ from other plants of the same species.
Hyponyms:cultigen, cultivar, indigen
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(animal husbandry) A breed or strain of domesticated animal.
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(mycology, bacteriology) A strain of microorganism, fungi, etc.
Synonyms:pathotype, pathovar
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(by extension) A category or kind of thing distinguished by common characteristics.
Synonyms:class, type; see also Thesaurus:class
(obsolete) Peculiar flavour, taste, or strength, as of wine; that quality, or assemblage of qualities, which indicates origin or kind, as in wine; hence, characteristic flavour.
Synonym:typicity
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(obsolete) Characteristic quality or disposition.
Synonyms:attribute, idiosyncrasy, quirk, trait; see also Thesaurus:characteristic
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(obsolete) The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing biological offspring.
to race (to compete in a race, a contest where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective)
to rush
Further reading
race on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Dutch
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /reːs/
Hyphenation: race
Rhymes: -eːs
Homophone: rees
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Englishrace.
Noun
racem (pluralraces, diminutiveracejen)
A speed contest, a race.
Synonym:wedloop
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
race
inflection of racen:
first-person singular present indicative
(dated or formal)singular present subjunctive
imperative
French
Etymology
As Middle Frenchrasse "entirety of ancestors and descendants of the same family or people", from ca. 1480,
spelling Middle Frenchrace recorded in 1549, from Italianrazza (13th century), of uncertain origin (more at razza).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ʁas/
Rhymes: -as
Noun
racef (pluralraces)
race(classification)
kind
Synonym:espèce
(zoology) breed
Related terms
Descendants
→ German: Rasse
→ Czech: rasa
→ Polish: rasa
→ Serbo-Croatian: rasa
→ Slovene: rasa
→ Romanian: rasă
References
Etymology and history of “race”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Further reading
“race”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
acre, âcre, care, caré, créa, racé
Middle French
Etymology
16th century (spelling rasse from 1480), from Italianrazza (early 14th century), of uncertain origin.