adj
Meaning 1
Moving or advancing at a run.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
running
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation, US: /ˈɹʌniŋ/
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Midlands, Northern-England: /ˈɹʊnɪŋ/
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Midlands, Northern-England: /ˈɹʊnɪŋɡ/ without the NG-coalescence
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adj
Meaning 2
Moving or advancing at a run.
Of a horse, having a running gait; not a trotter or pacer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Present, current.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- running month
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adj
Meaning 4
Flowing; easy; cursive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- running handwriting
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Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 5
Continuous; ongoing; keeping along step by step.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- a running commentary, a running explanation, my running theory
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Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 6
Having a continuous design or pattern.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- running bond; running ornament
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Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 7
Consecutive (much more commonly expressed by an adverb; see below).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- He won the title for three running years.
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adj
Meaning 8
Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
Examples
- a running vine
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 9
Discharging pus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: medicine, sciences
Examples
- a running sore
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 10
Discharging snot or mucus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: medicine, sciences
Examples
- a running nose
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: runny
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 11
Consecutively; in a row.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, not-comparable
Examples
- Mom's strawberry jam won the blue ribbon at the Holland County Fair three years running.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 12
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
Meaning 13
The action of the verb to run.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- His running of the business leaves something to be desired.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 14
The activity of running as a form of exercise, as a sport, or for any other reason.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- Running is good exercise.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 15
That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during a certain operation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- the first running of a still
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 16
The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 17
The act of running errands.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial, countable, uncountable
Examples
- I'm gonna go out and do my running.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 18
The dependence of measured value, typically a coupling constant, on the energy scale at which it is probed due to higher-order interaction terms and associated renormalization issues becoming relevant; metaphorically, the "running" of the measurement from its limiting macroscopic value.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
prep
Meaning 19
Approaching; about; roughly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 20
present participle and gerund of run
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 21
the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he broke into a run
- his daily run keeps him fit
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: run
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: locomotion, travel
Narrower terms: dash, sprint
noun
Meaning 22
the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: track
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: track and field
noun
Meaning 23
(American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the defensive line braced to stop the run
- the coach put great emphasis on running
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: run, running play, running game
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: football play
Narrower terms: draw, draw play, end run, sweep, return, reverse, rush, rushing
noun
Meaning 24
the act of administering or being in charge of something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he has responsibility for the running of two companies at the same time
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: administration, disposal
Narrower terms: administrivia
noun
Meaning 25
the state of being in operation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the engine is running smoothly
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: operation
History
Etymology
By surface analysis, run + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
122 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bengali: ছুটন্ত (chuṭôntô) — moving by running
- Bengali: চলন্ত (côlôntô) — moving by running
- Bengali: চলতি (coloti) — moving by running
- Bengali: ধাবমান (dhabôman) — moving by running
- Bulgarian: бягащ (bjagašt) — moving by running
- Bulgarian: тичащ (tičašt) — moving by running
- Finnish: juokseva — moving by running
- Galician: corrente — moving by running
- Manchu: ᠰᡠᠵᡠᡵᡝ (sujure) — moving by running
- Nyunga: baardanginy — moving by running
- Bengali: চলতি (coloti) — present, current
- Bulgarian: текущ (tekušt) — present, current
- Finnish: kuluva — present, current
- Galician: corrente — present, current
- German: laufend — present, current
- Italian: corrente — present, current
- Italian: attuale — present, current
- Finnish: sujuva — easy, cursive
- Bulgarian: плавен (plaven) — continuous, keeping along step by step
- Bulgarian: непрекъснат (neprekǎsnat) — continuous, keeping along step by step
- Finnish: jatkuva — continuous, keeping along step by step
- Bulgarian: пълзящ (pǎlzjašt) — botany: extending by slender stem
- Finnish: kiipeävä — botany: extending by slender stem
- Finnish: vuotava — discharging pus
- German: eiternd — discharging pus
- German: nässend — discharging pus
- Irish: silidh — discharging pus
- Irish: reatha — discharging pus
- Bulgarian: сълзящ (sǎlzjašt) — discharging snot or mucus
- Finnish: vuotava — discharging snot or mucus
- German: laufend — discharging snot or mucus
- Azerbaijani: dalbadal — consecutively
- Bulgarian: последователно (posledovatelno) — consecutively
- Finnish: peräkkäin — consecutively
- French: à la suite consécutivement de suite — consecutively
- Portuguese: consecutivamente — consecutively
- Russian: подря́д (podrjád) — consecutively
- Spanish: consecutivo — consecutively
- Amharic: ሩጫ (ruč̣č̣a) — the action of the verb to run
- Arabic: رَكْض (rakḍ) — the action of the verb to run
- Belarusian: бег (bjeh) — the action of the verb to run
- Belarusian: бе́ганне (bjéhannje) — the action of the verb to run
- Bulgarian: бяг (bjag) — the action of the verb to run
- Bulgarian: бя́гане (bjágane) — the action of the verb to run
- Buryat: гүйлгэ (güjlge) — the action of the verb to run
- Chinese Mandarin: 跑 (pǎo) — the action of the verb to run
- Czech: běh — the action of the verb to run
- Dutch: lopen — the action of the verb to run
- Finnish: juoksu — the action of the verb to run
- Finnish: juokseminen — the action of the verb to run
- French: course — the action of the verb to run
- French: course à pied — the action of the verb to run
- German: Rennen — the action of the verb to run
- German: Laufen — the action of the verb to run
- Hungarian: futás — the action of the verb to run
- Japanese: 走る (hashiru) — the action of the verb to run
- Japanese: 走り (hashiri) — the action of the verb to run
- Japanese: ランニング (ranningu) — the action of the verb to run
- Kazakh: جۇگىرۋ — the action of the verb to run
- Kazakh: جۇگىرىس — the action of the verb to run
- Kazakh: жүгіру (jügıru) — the action of the verb to run
- Kazakh: жүгіріс (jügırıs) — the action of the verb to run
- Korean: 달리기 (dalligi) — the action of the verb to run
- Macedonian: трчање (trčanje) — the action of the verb to run
- Malayalam: ഓട്ടം (ōṭṭaṁ) — the action of the verb to run
- Manchu: ᠰᡠᠵᡠᡵᡝᠩᡤᡝ (sujurengge) — the action of the verb to run
- Manchu: ᠰᡠᠵᡠᡥᡝᠩᡤᡝ (sujuhengge) — the action of the verb to run
- Mongolian: ᠭᠦᠶᠦᠳᠡᠯ (güyüdel) — the action of the verb to run
- Mongolian: гүйдэл (güjdel) — the action of the verb to run
- Norwegian Bokmål: løping — the action of the verb to run
- Old English: ryne — the action of the verb to run
- Polish: bieg — the action of the verb to run
- Polish: bieganie — the action of the verb to run
- Portuguese: correr — the action of the verb to run
- Russian: бег (beg) — the action of the verb to run
- Russian: беготня́ (begotnjá) — the action of the verb to run
- Russian: бе́гание (béganije) — the action of the verb to run
- Serbo-Croatian: трчање — the action of the verb to run
- Serbo-Croatian: trčanje — the action of the verb to run
- Slovak: beh — the action of the verb to run
- Slovak: behanie — the action of the verb to run
- Slovene: tek — the action of the verb to run
- Spanish: administración — the action of the verb to run
- Spanish: control — the action of the verb to run
- Spanish: dirección — the action of the verb to run
- Spanish: manejo — the action of the verb to run
- Spanish: organización — the action of the verb to run
- Swedish: löpning — the action of the verb to run
- Telugu: పరుగెత్తుట (parugettuṭa) — the action of the verb to run
- Turkish: koşma — the action of the verb to run
- Turkish: koşu — the action of the verb to run
- Tuvan: маңнаары (mañnaarı) — the action of the verb to run
- Ukrainian: біг (bih) — the action of the verb to run
- Ukrainian: бі́гання (bíhannja) — the action of the verb to run
- Volapük: vifagol — the action of the verb to run
- Volapük: gol vifik — the action of the verb to run
- Yakut: сүүрүү (süürüü) — the action of the verb to run
- Belarusian: бег (bjeh) — sport
- Bulgarian: бягане (bjagane) — sport
- Chinese Mandarin: 賽跑 /赛跑 (sàipǎo) — sport
- Finnish: juoksu — sport
- German: Laufsport — sport
- German: Laufen — sport
- Hungarian: futás — sport
- Italian: corsa — sport
- Polish: bieg — sport
- Portuguese: correr — sport
- Russian: бег (beg) — sport
- Spanish: footing (fútin) — sport
- Spanish: jogging (yóguin) — sport
- Spanish: aerobismo — sport
- Spanish: corrida — sport
- Spanish: peregueta — sport
- Spanish: pedestrismo — sport
- Ukrainian: біг (bih) — sport
- Bulgarian: дебит (debit) — quantity of liquid which flows in a certain time
- Chinese Mandarin: 流量 (liúliàng) — quantity of liquid which flows in a certain time
- Finnish: juoksutus — quantity of liquid which flows in a certain time
- Finnish: valuma — quantity of liquid which flows in a certain time
- Finnish: virtaama (nonregulated) — quantity of liquid which flows in a certain time
- Bulgarian: сълзене (sǎlzene) — discharge from a sore
- Finnish: vuoto — discharge from a sore
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