Race

English

Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg.
fast	middle	effort	#881: race	ladies	rise	looks

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Old Norse rÃ¡s

race (countable and uncountable; plural races)

A large group of people set apart from others on the basis of a common heritage.
- The Anglo-Saxon race
A large group of people set apart from others on the basis of common, genetically-linked, physical characteristics (e.g., skin color, hair type).
- Race was a significant issue during apartheid in South Africa.
(Controversial): One of the categories from the many subcategorizations of the human species. See Wikipedia's article on historical definitions of race.
- The Native Americans colonized the New World in several waves from Asia, and thus they are part of the same Mongoloid race.
(Biology): A population geographically separated from others of its species that develops significantly different characteristics; informal for 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).
- The advent of the Internet has brought about a new race of entrepreneur.
- Recent developments in artificial intelligence has brought about a new race of robots that can perform household chores without supervision.

Italian razza

race (countable and uncountable; plural races)

A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective. Several horses run in a horse race, and the first one to reach the finishing post wins; in an arms race several countries each try to acquire more powerful weapons than any other.
A progressive movement toward a goal.
A fast moving current of water.
A rhizome (esp. of ginger)
The bushings of a rolling element bearing which contacts the rolling elements.

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Breton: redadeg f (1), red m (3), gouenn f (5)
Chinese: æ¯èµ, ç«èµ, ç«äº; äººç±», ç§æ, ç§, ç±»
Dutch: wedstrijd f (1), race f (1), wedloop m (1), ras n (5)
Finnish: kilpailu (1, 2), rotu (5)
French: course f (1), race f (5)
German: Rennen n (1, 2), Rasse f (4, 5)
Hungarian: verseny âº
Ido : raso
Indonesian: lomba / pacuan (1), laju (2,3), ras (4)
Interlingua: cursa (1, 2); currente, torrente (3); racia (4, 5)
Irish: clann f (4)
Italian: corsa f (1)
Japanese: ç«¶äº (ããããã, kyÅsÅ) (1), é²è¡ (ãããã, shinkÅ) (2), äººç¨® (ãããã, jinshu) (4)
Polish: wyÅcig m (1, 2), rasa (3, 4)
Portuguese: corrida f (1,2); correnteza f, torrente f (3); raÃ§a f (4, 5)
Romanian: cursÄ, concurs (1)
Spanish: concurso (1), carrera (2), corriente (3), raza (4, 5), raÃz (7)
Russian: Ð³Ð¾Ð½ÐºÐ° f, Ð³Ð¾Ð½ÐºÐ¸ pl(1, 2), ÑÐ°ÑÐ° f (4, 5)

to race (third-person singular simple present races, present participle racing, simple past raced, past participle raced)

To take part in a race (in the sense of a contest).
To move or drive at high speed.
As soon as it was time to go home, he raced for the door.
Her heart was racing as she peered into the dimly lit room.
Of a motor, to run rapidly when not engaged to a transmission.