Race definition

Race means a group of persons related by a common descent or heredity. For purposes of enumeration the U.S. Census Bureau uses terms such as: "White/Caucasian", "Black/African American/African-descent, "Asian", "Bi-racial", "Hispanics/Latinos" etc. to describe and classify the inhabitants of the United States.
Race or "racial" means a category of race or ethnic origin documented in the federal decennial census.
Race means the Registry of Approved Continuing Education, which is the national clearinghouse for approval of continuing education providers and their programs. All RACE-approved continuing education providers and programs are listed on the American Association of Veterinary State Boards Web site.

Examples of Race in a sentence

  • You may select one or more designations for "Ethnicity" and one or more designations for "Race." The law provides that we may not discriminate on the basis of this information, or on whether you choose to provide it.

  • Evolution and the Origins of the Biological Race Theory.” CEN Tech Journal, Vol.

  • Staff will be recruited based on the requirements of the job, without bias on the grounds of the candidate’s Gender, Civil Status, Family Status, Sexual Orientation, Religion, Age, Disability, Race and Membership of the Travelling Community.

  • Warwick Anderson, Colonial Pathologies: American Tropical Medicine, Race, and Hygiene in the Philippines, (Durham: Duke University Press, 2006), p.

  • The Influence of Evolution on Nazi Race Programs." Creation, Social Science and Humanities Quarterly, 8(3):24-31, Spring 1986.


More Definitions of Race

Race means the use of one or more vehicles in an attempt to outgain, outdistance, or to arrive at a given distance ahead of another vehicle or vehicles; or the use of one or more vehicles to willfully prevent another vehicle from passing the racing vehicle or vehicles, or to test the physical stamina or endurance of the persons driving the vehicles over a long-distance driving route.
Race means any invented or socially constructed concept that is used to categorize groups and cultures on the basis of physical differences transmitted through descent, like skin color.
Race means the rowing of the Course in a competitive manner by one or more Crews, the results of which are used as part of the process to determine the winner and order of placement in an Event.