Play and Race

Play

Play verb - To engage in activity for amusement.

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Race and play are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Race" instead a verb "Play".

Nearby Words: played, playful, player, playfulness, playing

Race verb - To engage in a contest.

Usage example: just how many candidates are racing for the senatorial seat this year?

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Play and race are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Play" instead a verb "Race".

Nearby Words: raced, racing, racist, racism, racer

good	good play	good race
long	long play	long race
normal	normal play	normal race
perfect	perfect play	perfect race
Other adjectives: original, single, actual, entire, main, famous, ancient, new, major, final, titular, next, last, different, upcoming, eponymous.

Rather than fighting the Dairangers, they'd rather have a motorcycle race or play soccer (they're not very strong in a straight fight).

Source: Series / Gosei Sentai Dairanger
Damn You, Muscle Memory: In the Super Mario Kart race Dyne quickly realizes that it doesn't play like later games in the series.

Source: Lets Play / SuperLPHeroes
Punny Name: Kirino's Amazon Upper is a play on both "amazon", the race of Action Girls, and "Amazon", the online shipping company.

Source: Video Game / Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax

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