race

Definition

  • noun: a competition between people, animals, vehicles, etc., to see which one is fastest
  • noun: the act of running
  • verb: to compete in a race
  • often used before another noun
  • synonyms: raze, root, breed

Examples

  • The drivers 'raced' [='revved'] their engines while waiting at the starting line.

  • The company does not discriminate on grounds of 'race', age, sex, or religion.

  • The election is sure to become a 'horse race' by early summer.

Movie quotes

  • (..) - Make a better world. - It will be better. - When everyone is dead. - That is not...! The human race will have every opportunity to improve. And if they don't? Ask Noah. You're a madman. There were more than a dozen extinction level events before even the dinosaurs got theirs. (..)
    2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron
  • (..) Person bodies. The human form is inefficient, biologically speaking, we're outmoded. But he keeps coming back to it. When you two programmed him to protect the human race, you amazingly failed. They don't need to be protected. They need to evolve. - Ultron's going to evolve. - How? (..)
    2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron