any of several subdivisions of mankind sharing certain physical characteristics, especially colour of skin, colour and type of hair, shape of eyes and nose; a contest or competition in speed, e.g. to see who can finish a piece of work or get to a certain place first
pursuit; running, speeding
Cases of word usage
1) a person who enters (for a university place, competition, race etc) (entrant)
2) to destroy completely (a disease, a race etc) (exterminate)
3) extermination of a race or community by mass murder or by imposing conditions that make survival impossible (genocide)
4) (of) a person not of the Jewish race (gentile)
5) a section of a town lived in by underprivileged classes or people who are discriminated against, e.g. because of race or religion (ghetto)
6) a long-distance race on foot (about 26 miles (or 41.8 kilometres) at modern sports meetings); a test of a person's endurance (marathon)
7) a well-known story used long ago to explain natural events, the history of a society or race etc (myth)
8) a small field used for exercising horses; an enclosed area where horses are assembled before a race (paddock)
9) a finish of a race that is so close that a photograph is needed to decide the winner (photofinish)
10) concerning race (racial)
