race/rās
noun (sense 1)
a contest of speed Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races after the other. Walter Elliott, 1842-1928 plural, a series of speed-based contests, usually of horses It were not best that we should all thing alike; it is difference of opinion that makes horse races. Mark Twain, 1835-1910 any competition Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe. G. Wells, 1866-1946 urgent need, usually when a solution is imperative The race to find answers for cancer is not a sprint, but a marathon. www.nasa.gov an onward course Each time I find myself flat on my face I pick myself up and get back in the race. from ‘That’s Life’ by Dean Kay, ?- and Kelly Gordon, 1932-1981 the current of water in an artificial channel Spring, of all seasons most gratuitous, Is fold of untaught flower, is race of water, Is earth’s most multiple, excited daughter[.] from ‘Spring’ by Philip Larkin, 1922-1985 the course of life If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. Marcus Garvey, 1887-1940 verb to engage in a contest of speed Racing is a matter of spirit not strength. Janet Guthrie, 1938- to move or go swiftly A woman may race to get a man a gift but it always ends in a tie. Earl Wilson, 1934-2005 to run horses or dogs in a contest of speed The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business. John Steinbeck, 1902-1968 to cause to move at a high speed To let the brain work without sufficient material is like racing an engine. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1859-1930 noun (sense 2) a group of people related by common descent To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships. E. B. Du Bois, 1868-1963 a group of people formed by ethnic lineage Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and range of time, and is both the free and compacted composition of all. Walt Whitman, 1819-1892 humankind as a whole Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race. William E. Gladstone, 1809-1898 adjective of or relating to various groups of people I think that, ultimately, the only thing that affects race relations is fair treatment. Ras Baraka, 1970- of or relating to an object, vehicle, etc. used in contests of speed Riding a race bike is an art – a thing that you do because you feel something inside. Valentino Rossi, 1979-