Definitions for race
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. racenoun

   any competition

   "the race for the presidency"

2. racenoun

   a contest of speed

   "the race is to the swift"

3. racenoun

   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"

4. subspecies, racenoun

   (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species

5. slipstream, airstream, race, backwash, washnoun

   the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller

6. raceway, raceverb

   a canal for a current of water

7. rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on itverb

   move fast

   "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street"

8. race, runverb

   compete in a race

   "he is running the Marathon this year"; "let's race and see who gets there first"

9. raceverb

   to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others

   "We are racing to find a cure for AIDS"

10. race, rushverb

    cause to move fast or to rush or race

    "The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. RACEnoun

   Etymology: race, Fr. from radice, Lat.

   1. A family ascending.2. Family descending.

   He in a moment will create
   Another world; out of man, a race
   Of men innumerable, there to dwell. John Milton.

   Male he created thee, but thy consort
   Female for race. John Milton.

   High as the mother of the gods in place,
   And proud like her of an immortal race. Dryden.

   Hence the long race of Alban fathers come. Dryden.

   3. A generation; a collective family.

   A race of youthful and unhandled colts,
   Fetching mad bounds. William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice.

   4. A particular breed.

   Instead
   Of spirits malign, a better race to bring
   Into their vacant room. John Milton.

   In the races of mankind and families of the world, there remains not to one above another the least pretence to have the right of inheritance. John Locke.

   5. Race of ginger. [ rayz de gengibre, Spanish.] A root or sprig of ginger.6. A particular strength or taste of wine, applied by Temple to any extraordinary natural force of intellect.

   Of gardens there may be forms wholly irregular, that may have more beauty than of others; but they must owe it to some extraordinary dispositions of nature in the seat, or some great race of fancy or judgment in contrivance. William Temple.

   7. [ Ras, Islandick.] Contest in running.

   To describe races and games
   Or tilting furniture. John Milton.

   8. Course on the feet.

   The flight of many birds is swifter than the race of any beasts. Francis Bacon.

   9. Progress; course.

   It suddenly fell from an excess of favour, which many examples having taught them, never stopt his race till it came to a headlong overthrow. Philip Sidney.

   My race of glory run, and race of shame. John Milton.

   Their ministry perform’d, and race well run. John Milton.

   The great light of day yet wants to run
   Much of his race though steep. John Milton.

   He safe return’d, the race of glory past,
   New to his friends embrace. Alexander Pope, Odyssey.

   10. Train; process.

   An offensive war is made, which is unjust in the aggressor; the prosecution and race of the war carrieth the defendant to invade the ancient patrimony of the first aggressor, who is now turned defendant; shall he sit down, and not put himself in defence? Francis Bacon.

   The race of this war fell upon the loss of Urbin, which he re-obtained. Francis Bacon.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. race

   Race is a concept or category used to group people based on shared physical and genetic traits, such as skin color, facial features, or hair texture. These categories are often associated with geographic areas or origins, such as Africans, Asians, or Europeans. It's important to note that race is a social construct, with no clear biological or genetic basis, and its definitions and interpretations can vary widely across different cultures and societies.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Raceverb

   to raze

2. Racenoun

   a root

3. Racenoun

   the descendants of a common ancestor; a family, tribe, people, or nation, believed or presumed to belong to the same stock; a lineage; a breed

4. Racenoun

   company; herd; breed

5. Racenoun

   a variety of such fixed character that it may be propagated by seed

6. Racenoun

   peculiar flavor, taste, or strength, as of wine; that quality, or assemblage of qualities, which indicates origin or kind, as in wine; hence, characteristic flavor; smack

7. Racenoun

   hence, characteristic quality or disposition

8. Racenoun

   a progress; a course; a movement or progression

9. Racenoun

   esp., swift progress; rapid course; a running

10. Racenoun

    hence: The act or process of running in competition; a contest of speed in any way, as in running, riding, driving, skating, rowing, sailing; in the plural, usually, a meeting for contests in the running of horses; as, he attended the races

11. Racenoun

    competitive action of any kind, especially when prolonged; hence, career; course of life

12. Racenoun

    a strong or rapid current of water, or the channel or passage for such a current; a powerful current or heavy sea, sometimes produced by the meeting of two tides; as, the Portland Race; the Race of Alderney

13. Racenoun

    the current of water that turns a water wheel, or the channel in which it flows; a mill race

14. Racenoun

    a channel or guide along which a shuttle is driven back and forth, as in a loom, sewing machine, etc

15. Raceverb

    to run swiftly; to contend in a race; as, the animals raced over the ground; the ships raced from port to port

16. Raceverb

    to run too fast at times, as a marine engine or screw, when the screw is lifted out of water by the action of a heavy sea

17. Raceverb

    to cause to contend in a race; to drive at high speed; as, to race horses

18. Raceverb

    to run a race with

19. Etymology: [OF. raz, L. radix, -icis. See Radix.]

WikidataRate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. Race

   Race is a classification system used to categorize humans into large and distinct populations or groups by anatomical, cultural, ethnic, genetic, geographical, historical, linguistic, religious, or social affiliation. First used to denote national affiliations, the term began to be used to relate to physical traits in the 17th century and promoted hierarchies favorable to differing ethnic groups. Starting from the 19th century the term was often used, in a taxonomic sense, to denote genetically differentiated human populations defined by phenotype. While biologists sometimes use the concept of race to make distinctions among fuzzy sets of traits, others in the scientific community suggest that the idea of race often is used in a naive or simplistic way, i.e. that among humans, race has no taxonomic significance: all living humans belong to the same species, Homo sapiens and subspecies, Homo sapiens sapiens. Social conceptions and groupings of races vary over time, involving folk taxonomies that define essential types of individuals based on perceived traits. Scientists consider biological essentialism obsolete, and generally discourage racial explanations for collective differentiation in both physical and behavioral traits.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Race

   rās, n. the human family: the descendants of a common ancestor: a breed or variety: a tribal or national stock: a line of persons, as of statesmen, or of animals, as the feline race: a herd: peculiar flavour, as of wine, by which its origin may be recognised: (Shak.) intrinsic character, vigour. [Fr.,—Old High Ger. reiza, a line.]

2. Race

   rās, n. rapid motion: trial of speed: progress: course of action: a strong and rapid current: a canal to a water-wheel: a competitive trial of speed in running, walking, &c.: a horse-race, as the Ascot races.—v.i. to run swiftly: to contend in running.—v.t. to cause to race, as steamers, horses, &c.—ns. Race′-card, a card containing information about races; Race′-course, -ground, -track, the course over which races are run; Race′-cup, a piece of plate forming a prize at a race; Race′horse, a horse bred for racing; Race′-meet′ing, a meeting for purposes of horse-racing; Rā′cer, one who races: a racehorse; Race′-way, a mill-race; Rā′cing, the running of races; Rā′cing-bit, a light jointed ring-bit; Consolā′tion-race (see Consolation); Flat′-race, a horse-race over level or clear ground—opp. to a Hurdle-race or Steeplechase, which are called generally Obstacle-races.—Racing calendar, a full list of races to be run. [A.S. rǽs, stream; Ice. rás, rapid course.]

3. Race

   rās, n. (Shak.) a root.—n. Race′-gin′ger, unpulverised ginger. [O. Fr. rais—L. radix, a root.]

4. Race

   rās, v.t. (obs.)=Raze.—adj. Raced.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. race

   Strong currents producing overfalls, dangerous to small craft. They may be produced by narrow channels, crossing of tides, or uneven bottoms. Such are the races of Portland, Alderney, &c. Also, a mill-race, or tail-course.

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1. RACE

   What does RACE stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the RACE acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

2. Race

   Race vs. Ethnicity -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Race and Ethnicity.

EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Race

   a variety of a species possessing constant characters which yet are not specific; usually occurring in a different faunal region from the type and may thus be geographical: nearly synonymous with subspecies.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. RACE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Race is ranked #6632 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Race surname appeared 5,108 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Race.
   
   92.1% or 4,709 total occurrences were White.
   2.6% or 137 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.2% or 115 total occurrences were Black.
   1.9% or 97 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.5% or 30 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.3% or 20 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Act
   • Biology
   • Compete
   • Contest
   • Flow
   • Group
   • Move
   • Taxonomic Group

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'race' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1386

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'race' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2042

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'race' in Nouns Frequency: #514

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'race' in Verbs Frequency: #508

Anagrams for race »

1. crea

2. acre

3. acer

4. care

How to pronounce race?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say race in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of race in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of race in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of race in a Sentence

1. Andrew Carnegie:

   One of the serious obstacles to the improvement of our race is indiscriminate charity.

2. Htin Lin Oo:

   If you want to be an extreme nationalist and if you love to maintain your race that much, don’t believe in Buddhism.

3. Kathy McWhorter:

   Being on school boards, getting into elected offices so that you know what the curriculum is that is being taught and you can take a stand and see if you can change that curriculum and get critical race theory out of our schools.

4. Deana Wang:

   America is great because of two reasons; this country nurtures innovative minds that drive progress on a global scale, and American people who seek to embrace constructive criticism, critical Race Theory is creating the indoctrination environment that will constrain children's creative sense of self and consequently limit their analytical productivity as adults.

5. Phillip Stutts:

   Right now, they are all fighting each other while Donald Trump wraps up delegates. That's a problem -- it needs to be a two-man race.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=race
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=race
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/race
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=race
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=race
7. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=race
8. ^ Entomology
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22748/22748-h/22748-h.htm#:~:text=race
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html