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English noun: race | |||
| 1. | race (event) any competition | ||
| Samples | The race for the presidency. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | competition, contest | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | arms race, campaign, political campaign, run | ||
| 2. | race (event) a contest of speed | ||
| Samples | The race is to the swift. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | competition, contest | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | 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 (group) people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock | ||
| Samples | Some biologists doubt that there are important genetic differences between races of human beings. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | group, grouping | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | 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 (group) (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species | ||
| Synonyms | subspecies | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | taxon, taxonomic category, taxonomic group | ||
| Domain category | biological science, biology | ||
| 5. | race (phenomenon) the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller | ||
| Synonyms | airstream, backwash, slipstream, wash | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | flow | ||
| 6. | race (artifact) a canal for a current of water | ||
| Synonyms | raceway | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | canal | ||
English verb: race | |||
| 1. | race (motion) move fast | ||
| Samples | He rushed down the hall to receive his guests. The cars raced down the street. | ||
| Examples | They race up the hill | ||
| Synonyms | belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, rush, rush along, speed, step on it | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | go, locomote, move, travel | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | barge, buck, charge, dart, dash, flash, push forward, scoot, scud, shoot, shoot, shoot down, tear, thrust ahead | ||
| Antonyms | dawdle, linger | ||
| 2. | race (competition) compete in a race | ||
| Samples | He is running the Marathon this year. Let's race and see who gets there first. | ||
| Examples | These cars won't race | ||
| Synonyms | run | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | compete, contend, vie | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | boat-race, campaign, horse-race, place, run, show, speed skate | ||
| 3. | race (social) to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others | ||
| Samples | We are racing to find a cure for AIDS. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | act, move | ||
| 4. | race (motion) cause to move fast or to rush or race | ||
| Samples | The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze. | ||
| Examples | They race the car down the avenue | ||
| Synonyms | rush | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | displace, move | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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