human race
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1.5
- noun
- /ˈhjuːmən reɪs/
:
humanidad
- The challenge being faced by the human race now is either evolve or perish, either grow up or die.
- members of the human race
- entire human race
- the whole human race
My mission is for the human race to survive and thrive.
- My mission is for the human race to survive and thrive.
- The sheer lack of accountability in the human race today is staggering.
- AI should relieve the human race of the slavery that they are locked into.
- And I think that was the biggest change in in the human race since the Industrial Revolution.
- A challenge as old as the human race can seem more and more complicated.
- So take a stand to defend your race, the human race.
- You may think that's bad or sad or ruining the human race.
- So poverty has always been the default condition of the human race.
- Here Davenport defined eugenics as the science of the improvement of the human race by better breeding.
- And now what are we going to do as the human race?
- I'm arguing that as a species, this is the most important question facing the human race, hands down.
- We know sexism is the the greatest travesty to the human race.
- What you end up saying is that there was one man in the history of the human race who was raised from the dead.
- So on the cross, we also have God identifying himself with the fallen human race.
- And so please leave your opinions at home on what's happening to the human race.
- In this building, the Royal Institution downstairs is the first electric motor made by the human race.
- There wouldn't be any human race left, right?
Examples
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On your steady shoulders rest the hopes and dreams of the scientific community, and perhaps the very survival of the human race.
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The human race cannot survive unless it remakes itself.
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Imagine us as the human race, not knowing where we came from.
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What you end up saying is that there was one man in the history of the human race who was raised from the dead.
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This is the first time that the human race has had this single focused attention on one thing.
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That game is proof that we failed as a human race.
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That is the hope for the human race.
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And I think that was the biggest change in in the human race since the Industrial Revolution.
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Science has been a collective effort by the human race to understand the universe in which we live.
Academic text (1996) -
The challenges we face as a human race require us to unite and cooperate.
Synonyms
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1.0
All the people who live on Earth
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1.0
All people on Earth viewed as a single group
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All people in the world considered as a group
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All people considered together as a group
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Human beings in a group, for example in a country
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All people as one group
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3.2
The scientific name for the modern human group, different from extinct species like Neanderthals
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6.5
A group of humans that includes all living people
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'all people considered as a single group' is directly and compositionally derived from 'human(s)' (people) + 'race' (a group or category), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the MWE meaning. This is a common noun–noun composition across languages and follows normal English compounding patterns, making it transparent despite 'race' having other senses in different contexts.
Etymology
Human race uses race to paint a simple picture: imagine people as one group moving together, like runners in the same race. That's why it means 'all the people on Earth'.