"racing" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɹeɪsɪŋ/ Audio: En-us-racing.oga [US] Forms: racings [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪsɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} racing (countable and uncountable, plural racings)
  1. The sport of competing in races. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Sports Translations (the sport of competing in races): надбягване (nadbjagvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 競賽 (Chinese Mandarin), 竞赛 (jìngsài) (Chinese Mandarin), 競速 (Chinese Mandarin), 竞速 (jìngsù) (Chinese Mandarin), 競走 (Chinese Mandarin), 竞走 (jìngzǒu) (english: athletic racing) (Chinese Mandarin), course [feminine] (French), რბოლა (rbola) (Georgian), Rennen [neuter] (German), rásaíocht [feminine] (Irish), 競走 (kyōsō) (alt: きょうそう) (Japanese), cursă (Romanian), го́нки (gónki) [feminine, plural] (Russian)

Verb

IPA: /ˈɹeɪsɪŋ/ Audio: En-us-racing.oga [US]
Rhymes: -eɪsɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} racing
  1. present participle and gerund of race Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: race Categories (topical): Sports
    Sense id: en-racing-en-verb-URKLQt~4 Disambiguation of Sports: 51 49 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 19 81

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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