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{ "term": "race", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a2", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "a competition between people, animals, vehicles, etc. to see which one is the faster or fastest", "sensetop": "race between A and Brace against somebodyin a race", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "a **boat/foot race**" }, { "text": "a five-kilometre **road race**" }, { "text": "Who **won the race**?" }, { "text": "Shall we **have a race** to the end of the beach?" }, { "text": "She **ran a** good **race** to finish second." }, { "text": "a race between the two best runners of the club", "contextForm": "race between A and B" }, { "text": "He's already in training for the big race against Bailey.", "contextForm": "race against somebody" }, { "text": "Their horse came third in the race last year.", "contextForm": "in a race" }, { "text": "He dropped out of the race with a pulled muscle after two laps." }, { "text": "He was paid $10 000 to throw the race." }, { "text": "I was leading the race until the halfway point." }, { "text": "I'm not in this race." }, { "text": "Let's have a race!" }, { "text": "People are saying that the race was fixed." }, { "text": "He had to pull out of the race at the last minute." }, { "text": "She has won the race for the last five years." }, { "text": "There is a rumour that the race was fixed." }, { "text": "a race over two miles" }, { "text": "the University Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge" }, { "text": "the race against the Danish team" }, { "text": "He took part in a 10-mile road race at the weekend." }, { "text": "He won the 20th stage of the Tour of Spain cycle race yesterday." }, { "text": "I bet I'd win a race between the two of us!" }, { "text": "It's a desperately close race, but I think Martinez is just ahead." }, { "text": "The Kenyan took the women's race comfortably." } ], "topics": ["Sports: other sports"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["big", "close", "tight"], "verb + race": ["have", "hold", "organize"], "race + verb": ["be held", "be run", "take place"], "race + noun": ["meet", "meeting", "winner"], "preposition": ["in a/the race", "out of a/the race", "race against"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "a situation in which a number of people, groups, organizations, etc. are competing, especially for political power or to achieve something first", "sensetop": "race for somethingrace to do somethingrace between A and Brace against somebodyin a race", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Who will **win the race** for the White House?", "contextForm": "race for something" }, { "text": "**The race is on** *(= has begun)* to find a cure for the disease.", "contextForm": "race to do something" }, { "text": "The 1960 election was a close race between Nixon and Kennedy.", "contextForm": "race between A and B" }, { "text": "She is in a tight race against her Republican opponent.", "contextForm": "race against somebody" }, { "text": "He has taken a lead in the **presidential race**.", "contextForm": "in a race" }, { "text": "This week she **dropped out of the** leadership **race**." }, { "text": "The rival TV companies are in a race to bring out the first film drama of his life." }, { "text": "the race for nuclear supremacy" }, { "text": "Two right-wing candidates lead the presidential race." } ], "topics": ["Success"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["close", "tight", "two-horse"], "verb + race": ["be in", "be involved in", "join"], "preposition": ["in a/the race", "race between", "race for"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "a series of horse races that happen at one place on a particular day", "cefr": "c1", "examples": [ { "text": "to go to the races" }, { "text": "We had a great day at the races." } ], "topics": ["Sports: other sports"] }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "one of the main groups that humans can be divided into according to their physical differences, for example the colour of their skin; the fact of belonging to one of these groups", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "This custom is found in people of all races throughout the world." }, { "text": "legislation against discrimination on the grounds of race or gender" }, { "text": "Race is a major issue in this election." }, { "text": "Britain has always been a country of many races and ethnicities." }, { "text": "Her poetry explores questions of race and identity." }, { "text": "We can all work together, regardless of race." }, { "text": "children from all races and religions" }, { "text": "greater understanding between nations and races" }, { "text": "people of different races and cultures" } ], "topics": ["People in society"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["human", "alien", "mixed"], "race + noun": ["relations", "equality", "discrimination"], "preposition": ["among races", "between races", "from a race"], "phrases": ["on the basis of race", "on (the) grounds of race"] } }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "a group of people who share the same language, history, culture, etc.", "cefr": "c1", "examples": [ { "text": "the Nordic races" }, { "text": "He admired Canadians as a hardy and determined race." }, { "text": "Evidence suggests they were a race of nomadic hunters." }, { "text": "Historically, we tend to view the Vikings as a warlike race." }, { "text": "The Amazons were a race of female warriors." } ], "topics": ["People in society"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["human", "alien", "mixed"], "race + noun": ["relations", "equality", "discrimination"], "preposition": ["among races", "between races", "from a race"], "phrases": ["on the basis of race", "on (the) grounds of race"] } }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "a breed or type of animal or plant", "cefr": "c2", "examples": [ { "text": "a race of cattle" } ], "topics": ["Animals"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to be involved in a situation so that you will gain or lose according to the result", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "I really don't have a dog in this fight, so I can just enjoy the game." }, { "text": "The employees have a dog in the hunt, so their views should be listened to." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "a competition or an election in which there are only one, two, etc. teams or candidates with a chance of winning", "examples": [ { "text": "The women’s competition was a two horse race between last year’s winners Surrey and the previous champions Essex." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "a situation in which you have to do something or finish something very fast before it is too late", "examples": [ { "text": "Getting food to the starving refugees is now a race against time." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "a situation in which companies and countries compete with each other to produce goods as cheaply as possible by paying low wages and giving workers poor conditions and few rights", "examples": [ { "text": "They are caught in the cheap food syndrome, the race to the bottom, the chase for the lowest cost of production globally." } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/reɪs/", "audio": "ra/race/race__gb_2.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/reɪs/", "audio": "ra/race/race__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "noun senses 1 to 3 late Old English, from Old Norse rás ‘current’. It was originally a northern English word with the sense ‘rapid forward movement’, which gave rise to the senses ‘contest of speed’ (early 16th cent.) and ‘channel, path’. The verb dates from the late 15th cent. noun senses 4 to 6 early 16th cent. (denoting a group with common features): via French from Italian razza, of unknown ultimate origin." }