race

race
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noun
1 contest to find the fastest person, car, etc.
ADJECTIVE
big

I get very nervous before a big race.

close, tight
long-distance
10-mile, 24-hour, 7-lap, etc.
gruelling/grueling, hard, tough
relay, road
men's, women's
boat, yacht, etc.
bicycle, bike (informal), car, motor (esp. BrE), motorbike (BrE), motorcycle, etc.
dog, horse, etc.
drag, turf (esp. AmE)
play-off (esp. AmE)
VERB + RACE
have, hold, organize

Let's have a race!

be in, compete in, do (informal), enter, go in for, run in, take part in

Is she running in the big race on Saturday?

drop out of, pull out of, withdraw (sth) from

He dropped out of the race with a pulled muscle after two laps.

She had to pull out of the race at the last minute.

lead, win

I was leading the race until the half-way point.

She has won the race for the last five years.

lose
come first in, come second in, etc.
beat sb/sth in
fix

People are saying that the race was fixed.

throw (= to lose deliberately)

He was paid $10 000 to throw the race.

RACE + VERB
be held, be run, take place
RACE + NOUN
meet (esp. AmE), meeting (BrE)

The horse was withdrawn from today's race meeting with an injured leg.

winner
official, organizer
PREPOSITION
in a/the race

I'm not in this race.

out of a/the race
race against, race with

the race against the Danish team

race between

A close race between the top two boats is expected.

race over

a race over two miles

2 competitive situation
ADJECTIVE
close, tight
two-horse

Although there are five candidates, realistically it is a two-horse race. (figurative)

congressional, gubernatorial (AmE), presidential, Senate
arms, space

the halting of the nuclear arms race

VERB + RACE
be in, be involved in, join

The rival TV companies are in a race to bring out the first film drama of his life.

be ahead in, lead, win

Who will win the race for the White House?

be left behind in, lag behind in, lose
PREPOSITION
in a/the race

He is lagging behind in the race for the presidency.

race between

a race between the developing countries

race for

the race for nuclear supremacy

race with

the race with their rivals

3 racial group
ADJECTIVE
human
alien
mixed

a child of mixed race

Irish, Jewish, Latin, etc.
master

the ideology of the master race

RACE + NOUN
relations

Immigration and race relations were key political issues at the time.

equality
discrimination, preference, prejudice
riot
PREPOSITION
among races

The disease is more common among European races.

between races

greater understanding between nations and races

from a race

children from all races and religions

of a race

people of different races and cultures

regardless of race

We can all work together, regardless of race.

race of

The Amazons were a race of female warriors.

PHRASES
on the basis of race, on (the) grounds of race

There is no excuse for discrimination on the grounds of race.

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verb
ADVERB
frantically, madly, wildly

She raced frantically to catch the train.

ahead, away, back, by, downstairs, off, out, past, upstairs

Farms and towns raced by.

PREPOSITION
across, after, along, around, down, for, into, out of, round (esp. BrE), through, to, towards/toward, up

He raced madly up the stairs.

PHRASES
come racing

Two boys suddenly came racing around the corner.

race against the clock, race against time

Most of these movies have characters racing against the clock to save the day.

Race is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑cloud, ↑engine, ↑heart, ↑mind, ↑pulse, ↑thought
Race is used with these nouns as the object: ↑car, ↑lap, ↑motorcycle

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