race

Definition

Examples

Thousands of people joined the city charity race last Sunday.

Word Family

Synonyms

• competitiona business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers
• contestan occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants

Collocations

• Easy running race
  to running race, meaning to move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
• Medium race against a tight deadline
  to race against a tight deadline, meaning to move fast
• Hard rat race of corporate life
  to rat race of corporate life, meaning to desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage
• Very Hard cutthroat arms race in technology
  describing cutthroat arms race in technology (someone who murders by cutting the victim's throat)