sprint

B2 Topic:Verbs of Movement

US /spɹɪnt/ See IPA manual

Freq #16823

Meanings

1

verb
To run as fast as you can for a short distance.

She sprinted to catch the last bus.
2

noun
A short, very fast run.

He won the hundred-metre sprint at the school sports day.
3

noun
A short burst of fast activity or hard work.

The team made a final sprint to finish the project on time.

Verb forms

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Synonyms

2 noun · a short, very fast run. dash

Word family

Forms sprintedsprintingsprints

Etymology

Alteration of earlier sprent (“to leap; bound; dart”), from Northern Middle English sprenten, from Old Norse *sprenta (for later spretta), from Proto-Germanic *sprantijaną, causative of Proto-Germanic *sprintaną (“to jump up; bounce”), from Proto-Indo-European *sprend-, *sprendʰ- (“to flinch; jump”), from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to twitch; fidget; flinch; jump; be quick”). Cognate with Middle High German sprenzen (“to sprinkle; splash”), Swedish spritta (“to startle”), Icelandic spretta (“to spring forth; emerge; arise; develop”).

sprenten enm-nor *sprenta Old Norse *sprantijaną Proto-Germanic *sprintaną Proto-Germanic *sprend- Proto-Indo-European *sper- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Verbs of Movement

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# sprint

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** verb, noun
**IPA (US):** /spɹɪnt/
**Frequency rank:** 16823

## Meanings
1. To run as fast as you can for a short distance.
2. A short, very fast run.
3. A short burst of fast activity or hard work.

## Examples
- She sprinted to catch the last bus.
- He won the hundred-metre sprint at the school sports day.
- The team made a final sprint to finish the project on time.

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: sprenten
- Root: *sprenta
- Root: *sprantijaną
- Root: *sprintaną
- Root: *sprend-
- Root: *sper-

## Etymology
Alteration of earlier sprent (“to leap; bound; dart”), from Northern Middle English sprenten, from Old Norse *sprenta (for later spretta), from Proto-Germanic *sprantijaną, causative of Proto-Germanic *sprintaną (“to jump up; bounce”), from Proto-Indo-European *sprend-, *sprendʰ- (“to flinch; jump”), from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to twitch; fidget; flinch; jump; be quick”). Cognate with Middle High German sprenzen (“to sprinkle; splash”), Swedish spritta (“to startle”), Icelandic spretta (“to spring forth; emerge; arise; develop”).

## AI Etymology
Sprint is an alteration of earlier sprent (“to leap; bound; dart”), from Northern Middle English sprenten, from Old Norse *sprenta (for later spretta), from Proto-Germanic *sprantijaną, causative of Proto-Germanic *sprintaną (“to jump up; bounce”), from Proto-Indo-European *sprend-, *sprendʰ- (“to flinch; jump”), from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to twitch; fidget; flinch; jump; be quick”). Cognate with Middle High German sprenzen (“to sprinkle; splash”), Swedish spritta (“to startle”), Icelandic spretta (“to spring forth; emerge; arise; develop”).

## Topics
- Verbs of Movement

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