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# race

«race» in Mova's school dictionary: **a contest to see who is fastest** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (race, races); verb (race, races, raced, racing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A race is a contest to see who is fastest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/race/#m1)

2) To race is to run or go very fast, often against others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/race/#m2)

3) A race is a contest to be first to do something: the race to the Moon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/race/#m3)

4) A race is also a large group of people that some say share a look or family history; the idea is less used in science today. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/race/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: an event with distances, times and places (first, second); also counts races run or won; speed = distance ÷ time; relay races split the distance. In PE and sport: sports day races, swimming races, car races. In everyday life: «race home», «my heart was racing». In stories: «The Tortoise and the Hare» — slow and steady wins the race.

### examples

- The race is 400 meters long. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/race/#x1)
- Ann finished the race in 12 minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/race/#x2)
- He won 5 of the 8 races. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/race/#x3)
- In a relay race, each runner runs 100 meters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/race/#x4)
- We had a sack race on sports day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/race/#x5)
- The children raced to the gate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/race/#x6)
- In the fable, the tortoise won the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/race/#x7)
- My heart was racing before the test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/race/#x8)
- It was a race against time to finish the project. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/race/#x9)
- Slow and steady wins the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/race/#x10)

### note

Gives distances and times, sometimes speed = distance ÷ time; places like first and third are order, not amounts. Trap: «the race of 5 kilometers» is a distance, «5 races» is a count. In a relay, total distance = runners × distance each. The shortest time wins a race, not the biggest number.

### In the corpora

- [When you see something upsetting, the body reacts fast: the heart races, the cheeks go hot, you may freeze.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/58-landing-on-an-18-film-by-accident/12/)
- [Fire drills work the same way: when you have practised, your body knows the steps even when your heart is racing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/1/)
- [Husky teams pull sleds across snow, and sled dog races in Alaska run for more than a thousand kilometres.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/196-working-dogs-guide-sniffer-sheep-rescue-and-helper-dogs/10/)
- [Real hedgehogs walk slowly and can trot, but cannot race; Sonic was named for speed, not for biology.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/228-cartoon-pets-and-animal-myths-put-right/15/)
- [The old stories are legends: the rat did not really win a race by riding on the ox's back.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/382-the-chinese-zodiac-the-twelve-real-animals-behind-the-signs/3/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «race» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/race/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.