race

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Are they thriving on momentum alone?Which wins the race?

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Quick take

any competition; "the race for the presidency"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of race gathered in one view.

noun

any competition; "the race for the presidency"

noun

a contest of speed; "the race is to the swift"

noun

people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock; "some biologists doubt that there are important genetic differences between races of human beings"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for race.

noun

any competition; "the race for the presidency"

noun

a contest of speed; "the race is to the swift"

noun

people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock; "some biologists doubt that there are important genetic differences between races of human beings"

noun

(biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species

noun

the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller

See also: slipstream, airstream, backwash, wash

noun

a canal for a current of water

verb

move fast; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street"

verb

compete in a race; "he is running the Marathon this year"; "let's race and see who gets there first"

verb

to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others; "We are racing to find a cure for AIDS"

verb

cause to move fast or to rush or race; "The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze"

Example sentences

Are they thriving on momentum alone?Which wins the race?

This tends to limit the diversity of the gender and race and class of who is hired.

What you don't find is anyone proposing to use a bioweapon as a coup de grace.

You can't discriminate based on race - that limits choice but who would support the contrary?

If the company has a slim margin to begin with, they will never even be able to start in the "race.

We now have a serious challenger in the race to one-up MunchOnMe for most face-palmingly bad start-up name.

This would lead to...2a. Either moderators endorsing multiple such comments, due to race conditions and stale views during moderation, or2b.

Yes, it's greedy, but it's a particular mentality that comes out of being part of this massive rat race with millions.. billions.. of competitors.

Europeans were almost wiped out by the plague and in modern times Africa has been decimated by HIV. These are real problems that the human race has faced and will likely face again, irrespective of lab-created stuff.

This applies not just to categories like gender or race, but even to personality types and personal interests.

For most people, this means a very scary and tense race to the emergency room, with AED paddles & drugs to bring it down until the problem can be surgically eliminated.

Note to young videographers: When a company asks whether you're working on an expose, the phrase "Im interested in issues of class, race, and labor" will not defuse the situation.

[0] Meaning individuals, of whatever gender/race/class/whatever, that are likely to be reading HN.[1] If you don't believe me, ponder for a moment sentences like, "But I like Negroes just fine!

In graduate school, my thesis focused on the Southeast US from Reconstruction through the Civil Rights Act of 1964, investigating the role religion played in the development, acceptance, and perpetuation of the Souths attitudes and behaviors toward race, class, and gender.

"<standard disclaimers about personal viewpoints and preferences>Just want to focus on the pursuit of perfection that I find so energizing - to put another way, if you had someone this passionate running each of the major airlines, I wonder what air travel would be like instead of the race-to-the-bottom experience it is now.