running

run-ning · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    (Noun) The activity or sport of moving rapidly on foot.

  2. 2.

    (Noun) The action of managing or operating something.

  3. 3.

    (Adjective) Flowing continuously; in operation.

  4. 4.

    (Adjective) Consecutive; successive.

  5. 5.

    (Verb) Present participle of run.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    in the running — having a chance of success
  • •
    out of the running — no longer competing
  • •
    running commentary — continuous spoken description
  • •
    running total — a cumulative sum updated as items are added
  • •
    hit the ground running — to start something immediately and energetically
  • •
    up and running — functioning properly

Related words

Antonyms: stopping, walking
See also: jogging, run, sprinting, walking
Synonyms: jogging, management, operation, sprinting

Etymology

From Old English rinnan, irnan ("to run, flow") + -ing, from Proto-Germanic rinnaną.