Standard Lemma guide

ran

name · noun · verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • răn
  • Australian, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ɹæn/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • British, Northern-England, Southern, Standard: /ɹan/
  • Scotland, Wales: /ɾan/
  • New-Zealand: /ɹɛn/
  • rhymes with -æn
  • CMU ARPABET: R AE1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

Initialism of Royal Australian Navy

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: government, military, nautical, politics, transport, war

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2

name

Meaning 2

A male given name from Hebrew.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

name

Meaning 3

A female given name from Japanese.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

name

Meaning 4

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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5

noun

Meaning 5

Yarns coiled on a spun-yarn winch.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: nautical, transport

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6

noun

Meaning 6

Initialism of radio access network (“the underlying physical connection method for a radio based communication network”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable

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7

verb

Meaning 7

simple past of run

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, past

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8

verb

Meaning 8

simple past of rin

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, past

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9

verb

Meaning 9

past participle of run

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial, form-of, nonstandard, participle, past

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History

Etymology

From Hebrew רָן (ran).

Borrowed from Japanese らん/蘭.