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A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective. Example: Several horses run in a horse race, and the first one to reach the finishing post wins

Example: The race around the park was won by Johnny, who ran faster than the others.

Swift progress; rapid motion; an instance of moving or driving at high speed.

A race condition.

A progressive movement toward a goal.

Example: the race to cure cancer

To take part in a race (in the sense of a contest).

Example: The drivers were racing around the track.

To compete against in such a race.

Example: I raced him to the car, but he was there first, so he got to ride shotgun.

To move or drive at high speed; to hurry or speed.

Example: As soon as it was time to go home, he raced for the door.

Of a motor, to run rapidly when not engaged to a transmission.

A group of sentient beings, particularly people, distinguished by common ancestry, heritage or characteristics:

A population geographically separated from others of its species that develops significantly different characteristics; an informal term for a subspecies.

A breed or strain of domesticated animal.

A category or species of something that has emerged or evolved from an older one (with an implied parallel to animal breeding or evolutionary science).

Example: Recent developments in artificial intelligence has brought about a new race of robots that can perform household chores without supervision.

To assign a race to; to perceive as having a (usually specified) race.

A rhizome or root, especially of ginger.

To demolish; to level to the ground.

To scrape as if with a razor.