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Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing up the world.
Henry Adams

Meaning of "the human race" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THE HUMAN RACE

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THE HUMAN RACE

the hills
the Himalayas
the Holocene
the holy
the Holy City
the Holy Family
the Holy Land
the Holy One
the Honourable
the Hook of Holland
the horse´s mouth
the hots
the hounds
the hour
the House
the humanities
the hump
the hundreds
the hut
the hyperreal

WORDS THAT END LIKE THE HUMAN RACE

arms race
boat race
claiming race
cycle race
distance race
downhill race
drag race
egg-and-spoon race
flat race
grace
horse race
human race
mixed race
not in the race
obstacle race
one-horse race
rat race
road race
sack race
space race
stage race

Synonyms and antonyms of the human race in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «the human race» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THE HUMAN RACE

Find out the translation of the human race to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of the human race from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «the human race» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

人类
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

la raza humana
570 millions of speakers

English

the human race
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मानव जाति
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الجنس البشري
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

человеческая раса
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

a raça humana
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মানব জাতি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la race humaine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bangsa manusia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

die menschliche Rasse
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

人類
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

인류
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bangsa manungsa
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

loài người
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மனித இனம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मानव जाति
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

insan yarışı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

la razza umana
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Ludzkość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

людська раса
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rasa umană
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

η ανθρώπινη φυλή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

die menslike ras
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

den mänskliga rasen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

den menneskelige rase
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of the human race

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THE HUMAN RACE»

The term «the human race» is quite widely used and occupies the 28.812 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THE HUMAN RACE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about the human race

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10 QUOTES WITH «THE HUMAN RACE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word the human race.
1
Henry Adams
Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing up the world.
2
Fred Allen
If I could get my membership fee back, I'd resign from the human race.
3
Margaret Atwood
I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one 'race' - the human race - and that we are all members of it.
4
Dan Aykroyd
We must come to the point where we realize the concept of race is a false one. There is only one race, the human race.
5
Honore de Balzac
I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race.
6
Dave Barry
If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be 'meetings.'
7
Pierre Bayle
Properly speaking, history is nothing but the crimes and misfortunes of the human race.
8
Saint Bernard
Even the holy men who lived before the coming of Christ understood that God had in mind plans of peace for the human race.
9
Hal Boyle
We need not worry so much about what man descends from - it's what he descends to that shames the human race.
10
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
The torrent of centuries rolling over the human race, has continually brought new perfections, the cause of which, ever active though unseen, is found in the demands made by our senses, which always in their turns demand to be occupied.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE HUMAN RACE»

Discover the use of the human race in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to the human race and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Half of the Human Race
Buffeted and spun by choice and chance, Connie and Will struggle against the aftershocks of war and the changes it wreaks. This is a deeply affecting story of love against all the odds.
Anthony Quinn, 2012
2
On Robert Antelme's The Human Race: Essays and Commentary
Essays by Robert Antelme, with reflections on the man and his incomparable work, The Human Race, by distinguished French authors
Robert Antelme, Daniel Dobbels, 2003
3
The Conspiracy Against the Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror
Those who cannot bear the truth will pretend this is another work of fiction, but in doing so they perpetuate the conspiracy of the book's title.
Thomas Ligotti, 2011
4
Human Race Get Off Your Knees: The Lion Sleeps No More
In a book that marks the author's 20th year of uncovering suppressed information, he takes the manipulation of the human race and the nature of reality to new levels of understanding and calls for humanity to rise from its knees and take ...
David Icke, 2010
5
A Brief History of the Human Race
A concise history of the last few millennia of humankind discusses such topics as the Mesoamerican calendars, cultural expression, the seemingly disproportionate role of the West in shaping the modern world, the increase in global ...
Michael Cook, 2005
6
The Human Race
" Also available: On the Human Race: Essays and Commentary
Robert Antelme, 1998
7
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Book): A ...
After two weeks of hard work, they had their book. EARTH (The Book) is the definitive guide to our species.
Jon Stewart, 2010
8
Duh!: The Stupid History of the Human Race
Offering a compilation of the stupid things that people do, this three-part study of humankind descibes human idiocy within such areas as politics, history, science, and sports, and offers advice on how to avoid doing stupid things.
Bob Fenster, 2000
9
The Fate of the Species: Why the Human Race May Cause Its ...
In this provocative book, Fred Guterl examines each of these scenarios, laying out the existing threats, and proffering the means to avoid them.
Fred Guterl, 2012
10
The Harm in Asking: My Clumsy Encounters with the Human Race
This funny, perceptive and occasionally creepy collection of essays from the author of People Are Unappealing embraces life's discomforts and revisits her quirky childhood. Original. 20,000 first printing.
Sara Barron, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE HUMAN RACE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term the human race is used in the context of the following news items.
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Jaw Bone Discovered In Ethiopia Reveals The Human Race Is …
Researchers discovered what is believed to be the earliest-known fossil from the Homo genus, pushing the beginnings of human history back to 2.8 million ... «Headlines & Global News, Mar 15»
2
Stephen Hawking says that 'aggression,' humanity's greatest vice …
Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking has a long list of things that will bring doom and destruction to the human race. Add one more to that list: human ... «Washington Post, Feb 15»
3
Survival of the human race depends weeding out aggression, says …
He also said aggression should be weeded out of the human race and replaced by empathy to avoid a major nuclear war ending civilisation as we know it. «Daily Mail, Feb 15»
4
Does AI really threaten the future of the human race?
The end of the human race - that is what is in sight if we develop full artificial intelligence, according to Stephen Hawking in an interview with the BBC. But how ... «BBC News, Dec 14»
5
The Human Race: Will We Keep Breaking Running Records?
While no one is expected to break the record during the race this Sunday (Nov. 2), Kimetto's Berlin ... [The 7 Biggest Mysteries of the Human Body]. Yet humans ... «Live Science, Nov 14»
6
GOP congressman says free birth control will end the human race
New federal guidelines approved this week require insurance companies to cover birth control with no co-pay costs. Secretary of Health and Human Services ... «Salon, Aug 11»
7
Human brain has been 'shrinking for the last 20000 years'
It's not something we'd like to admit, but it seems the human race may actually be ... This decrease in size follows two million years during which the human ... «Daily Mail, Dec 10»
8
Human race must colonise space or face extinction, warns Stephen …
Stephen Hawking has warned that unless the human race colonises space within ... few hundred years had to be negotiated carefully if humans were to survive. «Daily Mail, Aug 10»
9
Last humans on Earth survived Ice Age by sheltering in 'Garden of …
Some scientists even believe that the human race's population may have fallen to just a few hundred individuals who managed to survive in one location. «Daily Mail, Jul 10»
10
Human genome at ten: The human race
What was it like to participate in the fastest, fiercest research race in biology? Alison Abbott talks to some of the genome competitors about the rivalries and ... «Nature.com, Mar 10»

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