"arms race" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: arms races [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} arms race (plural arms races)
  1. A competition for military supremacy between two powers, especially for the most weapons and the best military technology. Translations (a competition for military supremacy): wapenwedloop (Afrikaans), سِبَاق تَسَلُّح (sibāq tasalluḥ) [masculine] (Arabic), սպառազինությունների մրցավազք (spaṙazinutʻyunneri mrcʻavazkʻ) (Armenian), carrera armamentista [feminine] (Asturian), silahlanma yarışı (Azerbaijani), armamentu lehia (Basque), го́нка ўзбрае́нняў (hónka ŭzbrajénnjaŭ) [feminine] (Belarusian), надпрева́ра във въоръжа́ването (nadprevára vǎv vǎorǎžávaneto) [feminine] (Bulgarian), надпрева́рване във въоръжа́ването (nadprevárvane vǎv vǎorǎžávaneto) [neuter] (Bulgarian), cursa armamentista [feminine] (Catalan), 軍備競賽 (Chinese Mandarin), 军备竞赛 (jūnbèi jìngsài) (Chinese Mandarin), závody ve zbrojení [masculine, plural] (Czech), wapenwedloop [masculine] (Dutch), vetarmado (Esperanto), armadkonkuro (Esperanto), võidurelvastumine (Estonian), kappdubbing [feminine] (Faroese), kilpavarustelu (Finnish), course aux armements [feminine] (French), გამალებული შეიარაღება (gamalebuli šeiaraɣeba) (Georgian), Wettrüsten [neuter] (German), Rüstungswettlauf [masculine] (German), ανταγωνισμός εξοπλισμών (antagonismós exoplismón) (Greek), מירוץ חימוש (Hebrew), हथियारों की दौड़ (hathiyārõ kī dauṛ) [feminine] (Hindi), fegyverkezési verseny (Hungarian), vígbúnaðarkapphlaup [neuter] (Icelandic), perlombaan senjata (Indonesian), corsa agli armamenti [feminine] (Italian), corsa al riarmo [feminine] (Italian), 軍備拡張競争 (gunbi kakuchō kyōsō) (alt: ぐんびかくちょうきょうそう) (Japanese), 軍拡競争 (gunkaku kyōsō) (alt: ぐんかくきょうそう) (Japanese), қарулану жарысы (qarulanu jarysy) (Kazakh), 군비 경쟁 (gunbi gyeongjaeng) (alt: 軍備競爭) (Korean), жарыша куралдануу (jarışa kuraldanuu) (Kyrgyz), bruņošanās sacensības [feminine, plural] (Latvian), ginklavimosi varžybos [feminine, plural] (Lithuanian), трка во вооружување (trka vo vooružuvanje) [feminine] (Macedonian), perlumbaan senjata (Malay), våpenkappløp [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), مُسابِقِهٔ تَسْلیحاتی (mosâbeqe-ye taslihâti) (Persian), wyścig zbrojeń [masculine] (Polish), corrida armamentista [feminine] (Portuguese), corrida armamentícia [feminine] (Portuguese), cursa înarmărilor [feminine] (Romanian), го́нка вооруже́ний (gónka vooružénij) [feminine] (Russian), preteky v zbrojení [plural] (Slovak), carrera de armamentos [feminine] (Spanish), carrera armamentista [feminine] (Spanish), kapprustning [common-gender] (Swedish), мусаллаҳшавии бошитоб (musallahšaviyi bošitob) (Tajik), мусобиқаи таслиҳотӣ (musobiqayi taslihotī) (Tajik), การแข่งขันในทางอาวุธ (Thai), silahlanma yarışı (Turkish), перего́ни озбро́єнь (perehóny ozbrójenʹ) [masculine, plural] (Ukrainian), qurollanish poygasi (Uzbek), chạy đua vũ trang (Vietnamese), ras arfau (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-arms_race-en-noun-nFLnuYhc Disambiguation of 'a competition for military supremacy': 67 33
  2. (figuratively) Any similar competition that involves competing developments. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Nuclear warfare
    Sense id: en-arms_race-en-noun-9OMVuyia Disambiguation of Nuclear warfare: 33 67 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 26 74 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 23 77

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          "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
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          "ref": "2023 May 28, Tim Bradshaw, Richard Waters, “Nvidia reaps rewards from early lead in AI chipmaking”, in FT Weekend, page 14",
          "text": "ChatGPT's sudden popularity has triggered an arms race among the world's leading tech companies and start-ups that are rushing to obtain the H100, which Huang describes as “the world's first computer [chip] designed for generative AI”—artificial intelligence systems that can quickly create humanlike text, images and content.",
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          "text": "Mr. Xi has made his intentions clear. He aims to achieve a “national rejuvenation” that would include displacing the United States as the dominant rule-setter in the region, controlling access to the South China Sea, and bringing Taiwan — a self-governing island that China sees as lost territory — under Beijing’s control.\nIn response, many of China’s neighbors — and the United States — are turning to hard power, accelerating the most significant arms race in Asia since World War II.",
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          "text": "ChatGPT's sudden popularity has triggered an arms race among the world's leading tech companies and start-ups that are rushing to obtain the H100, which Huang describes as “the world's first computer [chip] designed for generative AI”—artificial intelligence systems that can quickly create humanlike text, images and content.",
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    {
      "code": "ast",
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      "code": "az",
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      "word": "armamentu lehia"
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      "roman": "hónka ŭzbrajénnjaŭ",
      "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "bg",
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      "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
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      "word": "cursa armamentista"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
      "word": "軍備競賽"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "jūnbèi jìngsài",
      "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
      "word": "军备竞赛"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
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      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
      "word": "vetarmado"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
      "word": "armadkonkuro"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
      "word": "võidurelvastumine"
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      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kappdubbing"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
      "word": "kilpavarustelu"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "antagonismós exoplismón",
      "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
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      "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
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      "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
      "word": "fegyverkezési verseny"
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "vígbúnaðarkapphlaup"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
      "word": "perlombaan senjata"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "corsa agli armamenti"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "corsa al riarmo"
    },
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      "alt": "ぐんびかくちょうきょうそう",
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gunbi kakuchō kyōsō",
      "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
      "word": "軍備拡張競争"
    },
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      "alt": "ぐんかくきょうそう",
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gunkaku kyōsō",
      "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
      "word": "軍拡競争"
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      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "qarulanu jarysy",
      "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
      "word": "қарулану жарысы"
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      "alt": "軍備競爭",
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      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gunbi gyeongjaeng",
      "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
      "word": "군비 경쟁"
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      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "jarışa kuraldanuu",
      "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
      "word": "жарыша куралдануу"
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "bruņošanās sacensības"
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      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "ginklavimosi varžybos"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "trka vo vooružuvanje",
      "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "трка во вооружување"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
      "word": "perlumbaan senjata"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "våpenkappløp"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mosâbeqe-ye taslihâti",
      "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
      "word": "مُسابِقِهٔ تَسْلیحاتی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wyścig zbrojeń"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "corrida armamentista"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "corrida armamentícia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cursa înarmărilor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gónka vooružénij",
      "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "го́нка вооруже́ний"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "preteky v zbrojení"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "carrera de armamentos"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "carrera armamentista"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kapprustning"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "musallahšaviyi bošitob",
      "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
      "word": "мусаллаҳшавии бошитоб"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "musobiqayi taslihotī",
      "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
      "word": "мусобиқаи таслиҳотӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
      "word": "การแข่งขันในทางอาวุธ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
      "word": "silahlanma yarışı"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "perehóny ozbrójenʹ",
      "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "перего́ни озбро́єнь"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
      "word": "qurollanish poygasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
      "word": "chạy đua vũ trang"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "a competition for military supremacy",
      "word": "ras arfau"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "arms race"
  ],
  "word": "arms race"
}

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