Engelsk navneord: race | |||
1. | race (om begivenhed) any competition | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The race for the presidency. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | competition, contest | ||
Mere specifikke termer | arms race, campaign, political campaign, run | ||
2. | race (om begivenhed) a contest of speed | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The race is to the swift. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | competition, contest | ||
Mere specifikke termer | auto race, automobile race, bicycle race, boat race, burnup, car race, chariot race, cross country, dog racing, foot race, footrace, freestyle, heat, horse race, potato race, relay, relay race, repechage, run, sack race, scratch race, ski race, skiing race | ||
3. | race (om gruppe) people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Some biologists doubt that there are important genetic differences between races of human beings. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | group, grouping | ||
Mere specifikke termer | Amerindian race, Black race, Caucasian race, Caucasoid race, color, colour, Herrenvolk, Indian race, Indian race, master race, Mongolian race, Mongoloid race, Negro race, Negroid race, people of color, people of colour, Slavic people, Slavic race, White people, White race, Yellow race | ||
4. | race (om gruppe) (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | subspecies | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | taxon, taxonomic category, taxonomic group | ||
Overordnet emneområde | biological science, biology | ||
5. | race (om fænomen) the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | airstream, backwash, slipstream, wash | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | flow | ||
6. | race (om genstand) a canal for a current of water | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | raceway | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | canal | ||
Engelsk udsagnsord: race | |||
1. | race (om bevægelse) move fast | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He rushed down the hall to receive his guests. The cars raced down the street. | ||
Eksempler på anvendelse | They race up the hill | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, rush, rush along, speed, step on it | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | go, locomote, move, travel | ||
Mere specifikke termer | barge, buck, charge, dart, dash, flash, push forward, scoot, scud, shoot, shoot, shoot down, tear, thrust ahead | ||
Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | dawdle, linger | ||
2. | race (om konkurrence) compete in a race | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He is running the Marathon this year. Let's race and see who gets there first. | ||
Eksempler på anvendelse | These cars won't race | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | run | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | compete, contend, vie | ||
Mere specifikke termer | boat-race, campaign, horse-race, place, run, show, speed skate | ||
3. | race (om adfærd) to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | We are racing to find a cure for AIDS. | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | act, move | ||
4. | race (om bevægelse) cause to move fast or to rush or race | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze. | ||
Eksempler på anvendelse | They race the car down the avenue | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | rush | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | displace, move | ||