cross-country race

collocation in English

meaningsofcross-countryandrace

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cross-country
adjective
uk
/ˌkrɒsˈkʌn.tri/us
/ˌkrɑːsˈkʌn.tri/
travelling from one side of a country to the other; travelling all over ...
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race
noun
uk
/reɪs/us
/reɪs/
a competition in which all the competitors try to be the fastest and to ...
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(Definition ofcross-countryandracefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The race began as across-countryracein 1911.
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This war is like a race, not a hundred yards sprint, but more like a longcross-countryrace.
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It has also won the regionalcross-countryrace36 years in a row.
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The pass is the venue for an annualcross-countryrace.
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Students have participated in interscholastic contests likecross-countryrace, interscholastic football competition, and athletic meets.
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The event had always been across-countryracefollowed by a ski jump.
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The department organizes fresher competitions incross-countryrace, basketball and table tennis.
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Most of the race is downhill, on trails similar to the downhill segment of across-countryrace.
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In thecross-countryrace, a 15-point lead in the ski jump equals a one-minute head start.
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Considered a highly proficient pilot, he entered across-countryraceas a co-pilot in 1939.
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The scores for all the jumps each team took were summed, and used to calculate their deficit in thecross-countryrace.
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Results were tallied by the best two marks were scored, along with the results of thecross-countryrace, to determine a winner.
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The school provides special coaching for basketball, chess,cross-countryrace, softball, tennis, table tennis, track and field, volleyball and other games like cricket as per student demand.
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That evening four medal ceremonies were also held for the women'scross-countryrace, the men's cross-country relay, the ski jumping competition, and the ice hockey tournament.
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