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race

English

🔊 a contest of speed
“the race is to the swift”
🔊 any competition
“the race for the presidency”
🔊 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”
🔊 a canal for a current of water
🔊 (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species
🔊 the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
🔊 compete in a race
“he is running the Marathon this year”
🔊 cause to move fast or to rush or race
“The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze”
🔊 to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others
“We are racing to find a cure for AIDS”
🔊 move hurridly
“He rushed down the hall to receive his guests”