race definition

1. any competition
• examples: the race for the presidency
2. a contest of speed
• examples: the race is to the swift
3. people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock
• examples: some biologists doubt that there are important genetic differences between races of human beings
4. a canal for a current of water
5. compete in a race
• examples: he is running the Marathon this year
• examples: let's race and see who gets there first
6. to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others
• examples: We are racing to find a cure for AIDS
7. cause to move fast or to rush or race
• examples: The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze