Sports / A2

RAYS/reɪs/

A race is a competition to see who is the fastest: a running race, win the race, a bicycle race. Race can be a verb: race to the station (hurry). Contest and competition are wider; a race is about speed. The other meaning — groups of people — is later and sensitive; at A2 stay with sport. Do not say “a race of cars” for a car race; say a car race.

Meaning

A competition to see who is the fastest.

Examples

• “He won the race by two seconds.”
• “She finished the race in under twenty minutes.”
• “There is a boat race on the river every spring.”

Good to know

win / lose a race. a running / bike / boat race. Verb: race to + place = hurry.

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