title racen.
/ˈtʌɪtl reɪs/, U.S. /ˈtaɪdəl ˌreɪs/ Sport.
1. A race that determines the winner of a particular title.Now much less common than sense 2.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > [noun] > types of race
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all-ages1864
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hippodrome1867
distance running1868
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title race1905
tortoise race1913
procession1937
stage1943
pace1968
prologue1973
1905 Anaconda (Montana) Standard 22 June 10/4 He is the champion, and any race purporting to be a title race must be unsatisfactory unless he is a contender.
1953 Weekly Times (Melbourne) 4 Mar. 58/6 He is a brother of Tony Smith, who rowed No. 6 in the Grammar eight that won the 1949 title race.
2014 Lima (Ohio) News 3 June 2 c/4 The boat won its title race in 6 minutes, 44.48 seconds, beating second-place Brown by almost four seconds.
2. Originally British. The contest to win a league or championship by building up the greatest total of points over the course of the season.
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society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > [noun] > a contest or competition
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bucklea1849
comp1929
cook-off1936
title race1948
1948 Daily Mail 11 Aug. 4/1 Thrilling cricket title race. Glamorgan are on top again.
1988 Times June 38 Pat Eddery landed a 56-1 treble to..extend his lead over Cochrane in the jockeys' title race to 16.
2011 Cape Argus (Nexis) 2 Mar. 23 Chelsea blew the title race wide open when they came from behind to beat Premier League leaders Manchester United 2-1.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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