- race
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 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 placeRACE + NOUN▪ meet (esp. AmE), meeting (BrE)▪The horse was withdrawn from today's race meeting with an injured leg.
▪ winner▪ official, organizerPREPOSITION▪ 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 situationADJECTIVE▪ 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, losePREPOSITION▪ 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 groupADJECTIVE▪ 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▪ riotPREPOSITION▪ 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▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}There is no excuse for discrimination on the grounds of race.
verbADVERB▪ 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.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
