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run·ning (run)

noun

  1. the act of a person or thing that runs (in various senses); racing, managing, proceeding, etc.
  2. the condition of a track with reference to its use in a race
    1. that which runs, or flows
    2. the amount or quantity that runs

adjective

  1. moving, passing, or advancing rapidly
    1. run at a rapid gait a running race
    2. trained to race at this gait: said of a horse
  2. flowing running water
  3. cursive: said of handwriting
  4. melting; becoming liquid or fluid
  5. discharging liquid; esp., discharging pus, etc. a running sore
  6. creeping or climbing: said of plants
  7. going, or in operation, as machinery
  8. in a straight line; linear: said of measurement a running foot
  9. going on, extending, etc. without interruption; continuous a running commentary, a running pattern
  10. prevalent running costs
  11. in progress; current a running account
  12. concurrent; simultaneous a running translation
  13. moving or going easily or smoothly
  14. moving when pulled, as a rope
  15. done in a run with a running start a running jump
  16. of the normal run (of a train, bus, etc.) running time
  17. of or appropriate for running for exercise or sport a running shoe

adverb

in succession; consecutively for five days running
running Idioms

in (or out of) the running

in (or out of) the competition; having a (or no) chance to win

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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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running

modif.

  1. In the act of running

    racing, speeding, jogging, pacing, galloping, cantering, trotting, scuttling, scudding, scampering, fleeing, bounding, whisking, sprinting.

  2. In the process of running

    producing, operating, working, functioning, proceeding, moving, revolving, guiding, conducting, administering, going, in operation, in action, executing, promoting, achieving, transacting, wielding, determining, bringing about.

  3. Extending

    spreading, reaching, encompassing; see extending.

  4. Flowing

    pouring, tumbling, falling, dashing, coursing, streaming, swamping, washing over, laving, watering; see also flowing.


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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

running Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • bull: Renowned for the running of the bulls at the San Firmin Festival, Pamplona is also architecturally stunning.

Converse of object

  • oversee: The Scottish Committee oversee the running of the Scottish Branch of the Society.

Adjective modifier

  • day-to-day: They are in charge of the day-to-day running of the country.

Modifies a noun

  • shoe: Two Running shoes are made for running in, NOT aerobics, football, tennis etc. Three Use orthotics?

Noun used with modifier

  • marathon: Endurance Sports E-Books An Insider's Guide to the Tour de France and marathon running.
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running quotes

I sometimesthink that running hasgiven me a glimpse of the greatest freedom a man can ever know, because it results in the simultaneous liberation of both body and mind.

-Bannister, Sir Roger Gilbert

Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!

-Dodgson

None would live past years again, Yet all hope pleasure in what yet remain; And, from the dregs of life, think to receive, What the first sprightly running could not give.

-Dryden,John

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