Race Definition Oxford Dictionary

Race against somebody she is in a tight race against her republican opponent.

Race definition oxford dictionary. Contest competition quest rivalry more synonyms of race. The race for the white house begins in earnest today. A competition in which all the competitors try to be the fastest and to finish first. The race of plants and the race of animals shrink under this great restrictive law the human race no longer adapts through natural selection if only we could love one another and become as one in a race called humankind from very early on in my childhood four five years old i felt alien to the human race.

Definition of harassment in the legal dictionary. A race is a situation in which people or organizations compete with each other for power or control. Such activities may be the basis for a lawsuit if due to discrimination based on race or sex. A competition in which all the competitors try to be the fastest and to finish first.

Race definition is any one of the groups that humans are often divided into based on physical traits regarded as common among people of shared ancestry. Race between a and b the 1960 election was a close race between nixon and kennedy. A group of people united or classified together on the basis of common history nationality or geographic distribution. Oxford dictionary race definition.

Learn more about the words added to the oed this quarter in our new word notes by oed revision editor jonathan dent. Over 650 new words sub entries and revisions have been added to the oxford english dictionary in our latest update including code red craftivist and cookie monster. Race to do something the race is on has begun to find a cure for the disease. The race is on to build up membership fast.

More widely the devaluation of various traits of character or intelligence as typical of particular peoples. The fact of dividing people or of people being divided into such groups.