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# race

noun (race, races); verb (race, races, raced, racing)

«race» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A race is a contest to see who is fastest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/race/#m1)
2. To race is to run or go very fast, often against others. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/race/#m2)
3. A race is a contest to be first to do something: the race to the Moon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/race/#m3)
4. A race is also a large group of people that some say share a look or family history; the idea is less used in science today. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/race/#m4)

### In the lessons

In maths: an event with distances, times and places (first, second); also counts races run or won; speed = distance ÷ time; relay races split the distance. In PE and sport: sports day races, swimming races, car races. In everyday life: «race home», «my heart was racing». In stories: «The Tortoise and the Hare» — slow and steady wins the race.

### Examples

- The race is 400 meters long. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/race/#x1)
- Ann finished the race in 12 minutes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/race/#x2)
- He won 5 of the 8 races. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/race/#x3)
- In a relay race, each runner runs 100 meters. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/race/#x4)
- We had a sack race on sports day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/race/#x5)
- The children raced to the gate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/race/#x6)
- In the fable, the tortoise won the race. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/race/#x7)
- My heart was racing before the test. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/race/#x8)
- It was a race against time to finish the project. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/race/#x9)
- Slow and steady wins the race. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/race/#x10)

### Note

Gives distances and times, sometimes speed = distance ÷ time; places like first and third are order, not amounts. Trap: «the race of 5 kilometers» is a distance, «5 races» is a count. In a relay, total distance = runners × distance each. The shortest time wins a race, not the biggest number.

## In Jewish tradition

Here it means the whole family of human beings, not a contest or one group of people.

**Interpretation.** The book says the covenants of the letters and of the body and spirit keep humankind alive. Tradition sees people as made of body and soul.

### Examples

- Every one of them is an eternal covenant in order to preserve the human race for ever, according to its two-fold being: body and spirit. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/race/#x1)

### Note

Gives distances and times, sometimes speed = distance ÷ time; places like first and third are order, not amounts. Trap: «the race of 5 kilometers» is a distance, «5 races» is a count. In a relay, total distance = runners × distance each. The shortest time wins a race, not the biggest number.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «race» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/race/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«race» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/race.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «race» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/race/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«race» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/race.html) on Mova free.