race
noun
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
raced
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past participleof race.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof race.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
racenouna contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
Example Sentences
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Loadings at the Egyptian port of Sidi Kerir, about 20 miles west of Alexandria, picked up as Saudi Arabia raced to offer its oil to buyers mostly from Asia.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
He added: "I don't race dirty. I've always raced clean and fairly and always left space."
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Right fielder Jordan Walker and second baseman José Fermín both raced after Betts’ shallow fly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
The death toll from last week’s massive floods in Nepal and China surpassed 900, as army and police teams raced to reach hundreds of hydropower workers trapped inside mountain tunnels buried in mud.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
She raced to the hut and turned on the laptop.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
