NOUN | event | race | any competition |
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event | race | a contest of speed | |
group | race | people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock | |
group | race, subspecies | (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species | |
phenomenon | race, slipstream, airstream, backwash, wash | the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller | |
artifact | race, raceway | a canal for a current of water | |
VERB | motion | race, rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it | move fast |
competition | race, run | compete in a race | |
social | race | to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others | |
motion | race, rush | cause to move fast or to rush / rush or race |
Sounds | rey's | |
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Rhymes | ace / ACE ... workplace: 67 rhymes with eys... |
Meaning | Any competition. | |
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Example | "the race for the presidency" | |
Narrower | arms race | A competition between nations to have the most powerful armaments |
political campaign, campaign, run | A race between candidates for elective office | |
Broader | contest, competition | An occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants |
Spanish | carrera | |
Verbs | race | compete in a race |
Meaning | People who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock. | |
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Example | "some biologists doubt that there are important genetic differences between races of human beings" | |
Narrower | master race, Herrenvolk | A race that considers itself superior to all others and fitted to rule the others |
Broader | group, grouping | Any number of entities (members) considered as a unit |
Spanish | carrera, raza | |
Catalan | raça | |
Adjectives | racial | of or related to genetically distinguished groups of people |
Meaning | (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species. | |
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Synonym | subspecies | |
Category | biology, biological science | The science that studies living organisms |
Broader | taxonomic group, taxonomic category, taxon | animal or plant group having natural relations |
Spanish | subespecie | |
Catalan | raça, subespècie |
Meaning | The flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller. | |
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Synonyms | slipstream, airstream, backwash, wash | |
Broader | flow | Any uninterrupted stream or discharge |
Spanish | estela, rebufo | |
Catalan | estela |
Meaning | A canal for a current of water. | |
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Synonym | raceway | |
Broader | canal | long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation |
Meaning | Move fast. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
Model | They race up the hill | |
Example | "The cars raced down the street" | |
Synonyms | rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it | |
Entailed by | bustle, bustle about, hustle | Move or cause to move energetically or busily |
stampede | run away in a stampede / stampede | |
Narrower | barge, thrust ahead, push forward | Push one's way |
dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot | Run or move very quickly or hastily | |
tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck | Move quickly and violently | |
Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
Opposite | linger, dawdle | Take one's time |
Spanish | apresurarse, correr, darse prisa, lanzarse, precipitarse, precipitar | |
Catalan | afanyar-se, apressar, cuitar, llençar-se, precipitar-se, precipitar |
Meaning | compete in a race. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
Model | These cars won't race | |
Example | "let's race and see who gets there first" | |
Synonym | run | |
Narrower | boat-race | participate in a boat race |
campaign, run | Run, stand, or compete for an office or a position | |
horse-race | compete in a horse race | |
place | Finish second or better in a horse or dog race | |
show | Finish third or better in a horse or dog race | |
speed skate | race on skates | |
Broader | compete, vie, contend | compete for something |
Spanish | correr, echar una carrera, presentarse | |
Nouns | race | a contest of speed |
race | any competition | |
racer | an animal that races | |
racer | a fast car that competes in races | |
racing | the sport of engaging in contests of speed |
Meaning | To work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE | |
Broader | act, move | Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) |
Meaning | Cause to move fast or to rush / rush or race. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Model | They race the car down the avenue | |
Example | "The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze" | |
Synonym | rush | |
Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
Spanish | precipitar | |
Catalan | precipitar | |
Nouns | racer | someone who drives racing cars at high speeds |
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