race
/ɹeɪs/ verb C2- To take part in a race (in the sense of a contest). · The drivers were racing around the track.
- To compete against in a race (contest). · I raced him to the car, but he was there first, so he got to ride shotgun.
- To move or drive at high speed; to hurry or 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.
- To run rapidly when not engaged to a transmission.
He/she/it races · Past raced · Past participle raced · -ing form racing
Verb forms
- Base form
- race
- He/she/it
- races
- Past
- raced
- Past participle
- raced
- -ing form
- racing
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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I was reading it at dinner hour, and I had just got to the chariot race when school went in.
I cried bitterly, and asked Miss Stacy to forgive me and I’d never do such a thing again; and I offered to do penance by never so much as looking at Ben Hur for a whole week, not even to see how the chariot race turned out.
And shields a stranger race.
Let’s run a race and see who’ll get to the bed first.”
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