running

A2 Topic:Work & Careers

US /ˈɹʊnɪŋ/ UK /ˈɹʌniŋ/ See IPA manual

noun adj Freq #555

Meanings

1

noun
The activity or sport of moving quickly on foot.

Running every morning has improved her fitness.
2

noun
The job of managing or being in charge of something.

They share the running of the family business.
3

adj
Continuing without stopping; ongoing.

He gave a running commentary on the match.

Thesaurus

Word family

Forms runnings

Derived forms baserunningbookrunningbyrunningfellrunningfree-runningfreerunninggunrunninginrunninglong-runningnon-runningnonrunningrumrunning

Common collocations

Etymology

By surface analysis, run + -ing.

Topics

Work & Careers

# running

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun, adj
**IPA (US):** ˈɹʊnɪŋ
**IPA (UK):** ˈɹʌniŋ
**Frequency rank:** 555

## Meanings
1. The activity or sport of moving quickly on foot.
2. The job of managing or being in charge of something.
3. Continuing without stopping; ongoing.

## Examples
- Running every morning has improved her fitness.
- They share the running of the family business.
- He gave a running commentary on the match.

## Derived Forms
- baserunning
- bookrunning
- byrunning
- fellrunning
- free-running
- freerunning
- gunrunning
- inrunning
- long-running
- non-running
- nonrunning
- rumrunning

## Etymology
By surface analysis, run + -ing.

## AI Etymology
By surface analysis, running is run + -ing. Modern senses include the activity or sport of moving quickly on foot. and the job of managing or being in charge of something.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as baserunning, bookrunning, byrunning, fellrunning, free-running, and freerunning.

## Topics
- Work & Careers

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