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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'race' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions race noun  A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage. The Anglo-Saxon A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of common, genetically linked, physical characteristics, such as skin color or hair type. Race was a significant issue during apartheid in South Africa. (context, controversial usage) One of the categories from the many subcategorizations of the human species. See Wikipedia's article on w:Race_(historical_definitions), historical definitions of race. The Native Americans colonized the New World in several waves from Asia, and thus they are part of the same Mongoloid . (biology) A population geographically separated from others of its species that develops significantly different characteristics; informal for subspecies. A breed or strain of domesticated animal. (figurative) A category or species of something that has emerged or evolved from an older one (with an implied parallel to animal breeding or evolutionary science). The advent of the Internet has brought about a new of entrepreneur. Recent developments in artificial intelligence has brought about a new of robots that can perform household chores without supervision. Translations:  Dutch: soort (trans-mid) (trans-bottom) verb (rac, ing) (intransitive) To take part in a race (in the sense of a contest). (intransitive) To move or drive at high speed. As soon as it was time to go home, he raced for the door. Her heart was racing as she peered into the dimly lit room. (intransitive) Of a motor, to run rapidly when not engaged to a transmission. Translations:  Italian: correre        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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