race

race

englanti

  1. kilpailu (juoksu- ja nopeuslajeissa)

  2. politiikka|k=en vaalitaisto, kilpa

  3. kiito, rynnistys, kulku, meno

  4. joenuoma

  5. inkiväärinjuuri

Esimerkkejä race sanan käytöstä:

presidential race

race for congress

the arms race

Katso myös: rasismi

Liittyvät sanat: racing

Synonyymisanakirja

race

  1. kilpailu, kisa, kilpa, autokilpailu, autokisa, polkupyöräkilpailu, pyöräkilpailu, venekilpailu.

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englanti

rotu

alalaji

kilpailla

potkurivirta

kilpailu 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

The race around the park was won by Johnny, who ran faster than the others.

We had a race to see who could finish the book the quickest.

2012 November 2, Ken Belson, "http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/03/sports/new-york-city-marathon-will-not-be-held-sunday.html?hp&_r=0," New York Times (retrieved 2 November 2012):
After days of intensifying pressure from runners, politicians and the general public to call off the New York City Marathon in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, city officials and the event’s organizers decided Friday afternoon to cancel the race.
A progressive movement toward a goal.
A fast-moving current of water, such as that which powers a mill wheel.
Swift progress; rapid course; a running.
Francis Bacon
The flight of many birds is swifter than the race of any beasts.
Competitive action of any kind, especially when prolonged; hence, career; course of life.
Milton
My race of glory run, and race of shame.
travel Travels, runs, or journeys. (rfe)
The bushings of a rolling element bearing which contacts the rolling elements.
puhekieltä To take part in a race (in the sense of a contest).

(ux)

puhekieltä To compete against in such a race.
puhekieltä To move or drive at high speed.
{{quote-magazine|date=2013-06-21|author=http://guardian.co.uk/profile/chico-harlan/ Chico Harlan
puhekieltä Of a motor, to run rapidly when not engaged to a transmission.
1891 (December) (w), The Man with the Twisted Lip:
"My mind is like a racing engine, tearing itself to pieces because it is not connected up with the work for which it was built."
A group of sentient beings, particularly people, distinguished by common ancestry, heritage or characteristics:
A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage (qualifier). See Wikipedias article on (w).''
1913, Martin Van Buren Knox, The religious life of the Anglo-Saxon race
A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of common physical characteristics, such as skin color or hair type.

Race was a significant issue during apartheid in South Africa.

{{quote-magazine|year=2012|month=March-April

The Native Americans colonized the New World in several waves from Asia, and thus they are considered part of the same Mongoloid race.

A large group of sentient beings distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage (qualifier).

A treaty was concluded between the race of elves and the race of men.

1898, Herman Isidore Stern, The gods of our fathers: a study of Saxon mythology, page 15)
There are two distinct races of gods known to Norse mythology.
puhekieltä A population geographically separated from others of its species that develops significantly different characteristics; (non-gloss definition) a subspecies.
A breed or strain of domesticated animal.
Shakespeare
For do but note a wild and wanton herd, / Or race of youthful and unhandled colts, / Fetching mad bounds.
puhekieltä 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.

puhekieltä Peculiar flavour, taste, or strength, as of wine; that quality, or assemblage of qualities, which indicates origin or kind, as in wine; hence, characteristic flavour.
a race of heaven
Massinger
Is it the wine of the right race?
puhekieltä Characteristic quality or disposition.
And now I give my sensual race the rein.
Sir W. Temple
Some (..) great race of fancy or judgment.

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