Usually means: Team members run sequential segments.
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  1. relay race: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. relay race: Merriam-Webster
  3. relay race: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. relay race: Collins English Dictionary
  5. relay race: Vocabulary.com
  6. relay-race: Wordnik
  7. relay race: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. relay race: Wiktionary
  9. relay race: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. relay race: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. relay race: Dictionary.com
  12. Relay race (athletics), Relay race: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. relay race: Rhymezone
  14. relay race: FreeDictionary.org
  15. relay race: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. relay race: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. relay race: Encyclopedia

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  1. relay race: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (relay race)

▸ noun:  (sports) A sports contest where the members of a team take turns e.g. swimming, running or skiing parts of a circuit.

Similar:
relays, race, minirace, Indian relay, boat race, scratch race, circuit race, racepath, three-legged race, fun run, more...

Opposite:
solo race, individual race, non-team race

Types:
100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 3000m, 5000m, 10000m, marathon, more...

Phrases:
relay race segment, more...

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Similar:
relays, race, minirace, Indian relay, boat race, scratch race, circuit race, racepath, three-legged race, fun run, more...

Opposite:
solo race, individual race, non-team race

Types:
100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 3000m, 5000m, 10000m, marathon, more...

Phrases:
relay race segment, more...



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