race

English

/ɹeɪs/

noun
Definitions
  • A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective. Example: Several horses run in a horse race, and the first one to reach the finishing post wins
  • Swift progress; rapid motion; an instance of moving or driving at high speed.
  • (computing) A race condition.
  • A progressive movement toward a goal.
  • A fast-moving current of water, such as that which powers a mill wheel.
  • A water channel, esp. one built to lead water to or from a point where it is utilised.
  • Competitive action of any kind, especially when prolonged; hence, career; course of life.
  • The bushings of a rolling element bearing which contacts the rolling elements.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English race derived from Old Norse rás (race, a running, channel, current) derived from Proto-Germanic *rēsō (a course) derived from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁s- (flow, rush).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*reh₁s-

Gloss

flow, rush

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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