| NOUN | event | race | any competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | ace / ACE ... workplace: 67 rhymes with eys... | |
| Meaning | Any competition. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | raceway | |
| Broader | canal | long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation |
| Meaning | Move fast. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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