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# racecourse

«racecourse» in Mova's school dictionary: **held, especially horse races, with stands for people to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a racecourse, racecourses)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A track or ground where races are held, especially horse races, with stands for people to watch: «Aintree racecourse». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/racecourse/#m1)

2) Any course for racing, such as for cars or runners. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/racecourse/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand racecourses host horse racing like the Grand National or the Melbourne Cup. In maths, a racecourse can give lap and distance problems. Phrases: «at the racecourse», «racecourse track», «a day at the racecourse».

### examples

- Thousands of people went to the racecourse for the Grand National. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/racecourse/#x1)
- The horses galloped round the racecourse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/racecourse/#x2)
- Flemington racecourse in Melbourne hosts the Melbourne Cup. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/racecourse/#x3)
- The school fun run was held on the old racecourse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/racecourse/#x4)
- The racecourse is a mile and a half around. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/racecourse/#x5)
- The car park at the racecourse was full. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/racecourse/#x6)

### note

Countable. American English often says «racetrack» or «track». Gambling on races is for adults only. Maths: if a racecourse is 2 km round, 3 laps = 6 km.

### Trees and pragmatics

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