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How to pronounce “running

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Pronunciation guide for running

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of running with real speech in context.
Available examples
8 YouTube examples
Real speech example
Born to Runand their extraordinary running ability, as well as the politics surrounding running in
Definition summary
present participle and gerund of run

Example 1 of 8

How to pronounce running

Born to Run

and their extraordinary running ability, as well as the politics surrounding running in

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “running

Meaning

  • [Verb]
  • present participle and gerund of run
  • [Adjective]
  • Moving or advancing at a run.
  • Present, current.
  • Flowing; easy; cursive.
  • Continuous; ongoing; keeping along step by step.
  • Having a continuous design or pattern.
  • Consecutive (much more commonly expressed by an adverb; see below).
  • (botany) Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem.
  • (medicine) Discharging pus.
  • (medicine, of a nose) Discharging snot or mucus.
  • [Adverb]
  • (informal) Consecutively; in a row.
  • [Noun]
  • The action of the verb to run.
  • The activity of running as a form of exercise, as a sport, or for any other reason.
  • That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during a certain operation.
  • The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.
  • (colloquial) The act of running errands.
  • (physics) 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.
  • [Preposition]
  • (colloquial) Approaching; about; roughly. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

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