ARMS RACE

Meaning of ARMS RACE in English

ˈarms race BrE AmE noun [countable usually singular]

the competition between different countries to have a larger number of powerful weapons:

the nuclear arms race

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

ARMS RACE — noun Date: 1937 a race between hostile nations to accumulate or develop weapons
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ARMS RACE — competition between countries to achieve superiority in quantity and quality of military arms. [ 1935-40 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ARMS RACE — competition between different nations to acquire the most advanced weapons in order to have strategic superiority
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
ARMS RACE — Date: 1937 : a race between hostile nations to accumulate or develop weapons ; broadly : an ever escalating race …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ARMS RACE — Function: noun Date: 1937 : a race between hostile nations to accumulate or develop weapons broadly : an ever escalating …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
ARMS RACE — ■ noun a competition between nations for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapons.
Concise Oxford English vocab
ARMS RACE — noun [ sing. ] a situation in which countries compete to get the most and best weapons
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ARMS RACE — An arms race is a situation in which two countries or groups of countries are continually trying to get more …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ARMS RACE — An ~ is a situation in which two countries or groups of countries are continually trying to get more and …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
ARMS RACE — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ the nuclear arms race EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A test ban that could not …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ARMS RACE — n. 1) to accelerate, step up the ~ 2) to curb the ~
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
ARMS RACE — гонка вооружений гонка вооружений
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ARMS RACE — Гонка вооружений
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
ARMS RACE — гонка вооружений
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ARMS RACE — гонка вооружений Syn:armaments race, rush of armaments
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
ARMS RACE — гонка вооружений
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ARMS RACE — гонка вооружений
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ARMS RACE — гонка вооружений Syn: armaments race , rush of armaments
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
ARMS RACE — гонка вооружений Syn: armaments race, rush of armaments
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
ARMS RACE — гонка вооружений
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
ARMS RACE — гонка вооружений
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
ARMS RACE — гонка вооружений
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
ARMS RACE — Гонка вооружений
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
ARMS RACE — гонка вооружений гонка вооружений
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
ARMS — bukton
English-Visayan vocabulary
RACE — I. ˈrās noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English ras, rase, from Old Norse rās; akin to Old English rǣs …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ARMS — plural of arm present third singular of arm
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ARMS — (n.) The legs of a hawk from the thigh to the foot.
Английский словарь Webster
ARMS — (n.) The ensigns armorial of a family, consisting of figures and colors borne in shields, banners, etc., as marks of …
Английский словарь Webster
ARMS — (n.) Anything which a man takes in his hand in anger, to strike or assault another with; an aggressive weapon.
Английский словарь Webster
ARMS — (n.) The deeds or exploits of war; military service or science.
Английский словарь Webster
ARMS — (n.) Instruments or weapons of offense or defense.
Английский словарь Webster
ARMS — ( n. ) The legs of a hawk from the thigh to the foot.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ARMS — ( n. ) The ensigns armorial of a family, consisting of figures and colors borne in shields, banners, etc., as …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ARMS — ( n. ) The deeds or exploits of war; military service or science.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ARMS — ( n. ) Instruments or weapons of offense or defense.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ARMS — ( n. ) Anything which a man takes in his hand in anger, to strike or assault another with; an …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
RACE — race 1 /rays/ , n. , v. , raced, racing . n. 1. a contest of speed, as in running, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ARMS — n. weapons, firearms
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RACE
Webster English vocab
ARMS — noun instruments or weapons of offense or defense. 2. arms ·noun the legs of a hawk from the thigh to …
Webster English vocab
ARMS — ■ plural noun 1》 weapons; armaments. 2》 distinctive emblems originally borne on shields in battle and now forming heraldic insignia. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
ARMS — arms BrE AmE ɑːmz AmE \ ɑːrmz ▶ ˈ arms race BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
RACE
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ARMS — / ɑːmz; NAmE ɑːrmz/ noun [ pl. ] 1. ( formal ) weapons, especially as used by the army, navy, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RACE
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
RACE — n. & v. --n. 1 a contest of speed between runners, horses, vehicles, ships, etc. 2 (in pl.) a series …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
RACE — n. 1 each of the major divisions of humankind, having distinct physical characteristics. 2 a tribe, nation, etc., regarded as …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
RACE — n. & v. n. 1 a contest of speed between runners, horses, vehicles, ships, etc. 2 (in pl.) a series …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
RACE — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a contest of speed between runners, horses, vehicles, ships, etc. 2 (in pl.) a …
Oxford English vocab
RACE — ( races, racing, raced) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A race …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RACE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
RACE
Cambridge English vocab
ARMS — [plural] [noun] - See at arm (PROVIDE WEAPONS)
Cambridge English vocab
RACE — Synonyms and related words : Le Mans, accelerate, adolescent stream, affiliation, affluence, afflux, affluxion, air race, animal kingdom, apparentation, aqueduct, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
ARMS — Synonyms and related words : achievement, alerion, animal charge, annulet, argent, armorial bearings, armory, art of war, azure, bandeau, bar, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
ARMS — n. pl. 1. Weapons, means of offence and defence, armor, harness, accoutrements, array, panoply, mail, martial array. 2. War, warlike …
Dictionary of English Synonyms
ARMS — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
ARMS — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ nuclear ▪ small ▪ fighters using small ~ and home-made grenades VERB + ARMS ▪ bear , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
RACE
Longman Activator English vocab
ARMS — See ↑ WEAPON 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be up in arms • ↑ lay down arms • ↑ put your …
Longman Activator English vocab
ARMS — n. 25B6; plural noun the illegal export of arms : WEAPONS, weaponry, firearms, guns, ordnance, artillery, armaments, munitions, materiel. See …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
ARMS — noun руки
Dirty English-Russian vocab
ARMS — n. weapons 1) to bear; take up ~ 2) to call to ~ 3) ( mil .) inspection; left shoulder; …
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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