running

Meaning

Verb

present participle and gerund of run

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Moving or advancing at a run.
2. (not-comparable) Moving or advancing at a run.
3. (not-comparable) Present, current.
4. (not-comparable) Flowing; easy; cursive.
5. (not-comparable) Continuous; ongoing; keeping along step by step.
6. (not-comparable) Having a continuous design or pattern.
7. (not-comparable) Consecutive (much more commonly expressed by an adverb; see below).
8. (not-comparable) Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem.
9. (not-comparable) Discharging pus.
10. (not-comparable) Discharging snot or mucus.

Adv

Consecutively; in a row.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to run.
2. (countable, uncountable) The activity of running as a form of exercise, as a sport, or for any other reason.
3. (countable, uncountable) That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during a certain operation.
4. (countable, uncountable) The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.
5. (colloquial, countable, uncountable) The act of running errands.
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.

Prep

Approaching; about; roughly.

run

• Verb
• Noun
• Adj

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Synonyms

run

flowing

management

race

administration

operation

working

governance

going

current

galloping

exploitation

continuous

moving

functional

passing

runny

successive

running play

streaming

linear

track

running game

stop bleeding

speeding

trotting

racing

operative

utilisation

liquid

functioning

fluent

consecutive

fluid

flow

operating

utilization

deed

cursorial

conducting

currency

climbing

🧗

business

creeping

crawling

circulation

fleeing

cowardly

fermenting

fermentation

Translations

course

gestione

administración

administratiekantoor

direzione

Verwaltung

administratie

Betriebsführung

Administration

courant

Verwalten

corsa

amministrazione

Verwaltungsbehörde

beheer

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹʌniŋ/

Etymology

By surface analysis, run + -ing.

Sentences

Seeing those masters running for shelter .

One can imagine these two , covered with sand , running up the little street in the bright sunlight .

His hobbies include running and cycling .