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racing

racing

231 1.0
A sport where people try to be the fastest to reach a finish line
  • noun
  • /ˈreɪsɪŋ/
translation icon : carreras
  • The excitement of horse racing draws fans from all over the country.
  • wheelchair racing
  • car racing
  • horse racing

This is what racing in the GSSSL is like.

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Examples

  • There's a lot more to racing than just winning.

  • They're made for car racing.

  • What is it about racing that you love so much?

  • First, there was racing to determine whose car was the fastest as new models were designed.

    Academic text (2013)
  • They discovered a common interest: horse racing.

  • The early 1980s saw the development of more sophisticated racing wheelchairs and training techniques.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Toe-to-toe, wheel-to-wheel, this is epic racing to finish off the season.

  • There are several types of competitions, including car crushing, symmetrical track racing, and freestyle events.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Gerty took a six-month hiatus from racing in 1913.

  • I remembered the inclement day, the racing wind, and the scattered showers that had dampened nobody's enthusiasm.

    Fiction book (1990)

Idioms

1 6.0

To make someone feel very excited, often suddenly

Compounds

12 2.0

A sport where horses race, usually with riders and people betting

7 2.8

A car built to go very fast on tracks in sports competitions

6 2.0

A sport where people drive cars fast on a track to compete

5 2.5

A sport where cars race on a track to see who is fastest

2 2.6

A race where dogs run and people bet on which dog will win

A sport where people race thoroughbred horses on a track

1 7.3

A sport in which people ride camels to see which camel is fastest

A track for car races with laps and many turns

A sport where greyhounds race around a track chasing a moving lure

1 4.4

A horse race where horses pull small two-wheeled carts while trotting or pacing

A sport where very fast motorboats race on water

1 2.7

A long narrow boat rowed by people for racing

1 4.6

An ice skate with a long thin blade for going fast on ice

1 7.7

A narrow, light boat for one person used in rowing races

1 6.0

A fast, light boat that people use for racing, usually with sails

Many fast ideas that make it hard to relax or focus

A sport where people race boats on water using oars, sails or motors

A light narrow boat for racing that two or more people row

A very light long narrow boat that people row in competitions

The moment a race begins after a signal

How Fast

racing
231 1.0
rushing
1.0
scudding
1 8.3
drifting
6 5.0

Surface Forms

racing singular
racings plural

Morphology

racing = race (transparent) = race + ing

A standard gerund/nominalization from the verb 'race'; an average learner who knows 'race' can infer the meaning of 'racing'.

Etymology

Racing comes from the word race, which long ago meant a quick 'rush' or running very fast and comes from an old Norse word. So, racing is the sport of trying to be the fastest to reach the finish line.