Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The action of the verb to run.

    His running of the business leaves something to be desired.

    Rennen, Laufen

    бегbeg, беготня́begotnjá, бе́ганиеbéganije

    бігbih, бі́ганняbíhannja

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

    Running is good exercise.

    Laufsport, Laufen

    бегbeg

    бігbih

  3. (countable, uncountable)That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during a certain operation.

    the first running of a still

  4. (countable, uncountable)The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.

  5. (colloquial, countable, uncountable)The act of running errands.

    I'm gonna go out and do my running.

    the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace

  6. (countable, uncountable)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.

Examples

1856 sentences
  1. The dog came running to her.

    Собака підбіг до неї. — uaspeaker

    ruСобака подбежала к ней. — Hellerick

  2. I am running short of money.

    У мене закінчуються гроші. — Squaw

  3. I saw a little boy running.

    Я бачив, як біг маленький хлопчик. — aandrusiak

    deIch sah einen rennenden kleinen Jungen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Do you go running every day?

    Ти бігаєш щоденно? — deniko

    ruТы бегаешь ежедневно? — Farol

    deLäufst du jeden Tag? — Wolf

  5. Tom is running a little late.

    Том трохи запізнюється. — deniko

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
the action of the verb to run:
Русский
By meaning 1
the action of the verb to run:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
the action of the verb to run:
sport:

Origin

By surface analysis, run + -ing.

By surface analysis, run + -ing.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: runnings
Singularrunning
Pluralrunnings

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace:run
  • the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track:track
  • (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team:runrunning playrunning game

Word family

19 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • running running
  • is running running
  • running running out
  • running out of
  • running running a
  • water running running
  • came running running
  • running running away
  • started running running
  • running running water
  • running running short
  • running running late

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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