race ~ race
[the same pronunciation — for the right pronunciation of ‘race’, please click here]
runners in a running race
“Race”, as a noun, means ‘a competition in speed in events such as running, swimming, driving, etc. to see which of the competitors (racers) finishes first’; and as a verb, it means ‘to run or move very fast; to participate in a competition in speed;
e.g.
The athlete sprained his ankle while he was racing in a running race.
The rabbit raced away into its burrow when it saw a fox.
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human races of the world
“Race” (noun) is ‘a group of people with the same culture, history, language, etc.; a division of people with the same features, such as shape, colour, etc.; a type of living being’,
e.g.
There are many races in the world — the black race of Africa, the white race of Europe, and the yellow and brown races of Asia.
Negroid, Caucasoid, Mongoloid, Australoid, American Indian and Polynesian are the six major human races of the world.
