car race
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2.2
- noun
- /kɑr reɪs/
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carrera de coches
- Join a Classic Car Race
- a stock car race
- an Indy car race
- a Champ Car race
And it was called slot car races because the cars themselves, they would have these like connector things that would like connect to the track.
- And it was called slot car races because the cars themselves, they would have these like connector things that would like connect to the track.
Examples
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There's something about these vintage car races to which I've already alluded.
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The future of one of the great American sports car races—the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta—remains cloudy.
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Next week's a stock car race.
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I was leading my first Legends car race, and this guy completely took me out.
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If we're not careful, it becomes like Charlotte, a 600-horsepower touring car race.
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30 years ago at Charlotte, my daddy beat ol' PL Buffington here in a stock car race.
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When I was really young, we would attend the stock car races at our hometown Hemlock Fairgrounds every weekend.
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Ernie Masche, a professional stock car race photographer and PSA member, organized the trip.
Academic text (1994) -
He was enamored of cars, trucks, and cranes, as most boys are, but he liked to watch mechanics at the gas stations and car races with his father on the weekends.
Fiction book (1998) -
The thrill of competing in a high-speed car race is unmatched for many racing enthusiasts.
Synonyms
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1.0
A contest to see who is fastest or finishes first
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2.7
A competition where cars drive fast to reach the finish first
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3.0
A competition where fast cars race on a closed track
How Fast
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a competition in which cars race' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'car' (vehicle) with 'race' (contest); the noun–noun composition simply specifies the type of race. This is a straightforward, cross-linguistically common compositional pattern that a B1 learner who knows both words would readily understand.
Etymology
Car race comes from early contests where people drove a car fast on a set course to be first. So it now means 'a competition in which cars try to reach the finish line first'.