running

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ʌnɪŋ

Adjective

running (not comparable)

1. That which runs or run.

   running paint

   running taps

Adverb

running (not comparable)

1. (informal) consecutively; in a row

   Mom's strawberry jam won the blue ribbon at the Holland County Fair three years running.

Translations

consecutively

• Finnish: juokseva (fi)

• Spanish: consecutivo (es)

Noun

Wikipedia running (plural runnings)

1. The action of the verb to run.

   His running of the business leaves something to be desired.

2. The activity of running as a form of exercise, as a sport, or for any other reason

   Running is good exercise.

   Running for their lives was all they could do after the explosion.

Derived terms

• in running order
• in the running
• out of the running
• running costs
• running dictation

Translations

the action of the verb to run

• American Sign Language: S@SideChesthigh-PalmAcross-S@SideTrunkhigh-PalmAcross CirclesMidline-CirclesMidline
• Finnish: juoksu (fi), juokseminen (fi)
• German: rennen (de), laufen (de)

• Hungarian: futás (hu)
• Spanish: administración (es) f, control (es) m, dirección (es) f, manejo (es) m, organización (es) f,

sport

• Finnish: juoksu (fi)
• German: Laufsport (de) m, Laufen (de) n
• Hungarian: futás (hu)

• Italian: corsa (it) f
• Spanish: footing (es) m, jogging (es) m

Verb

running

1. Present participle of run.

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: ladies · rise · looks · #885: running · garden · domain · touch