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Added 4 October 2026

run

/ɹʌn/ symbol

In Latin: currō Wiktionary

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ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Kirundi.

verb

To move swiftly. To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot.
Run, and you might still catch the train!
To move forward quickly upon two feet by alternately making a short jump off either foot.
Run, and you might still catch the train!
To go at a fast pace; to move quickly.
I have been running all over the building looking for him.

noun

Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.
I just got back from my morning run.
Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) ; dash or errand, trip.
I need to make a run to the store.
A pleasure trip.
Let's go for a run in the car.

adjective

In a liquid state; melted or molten.
Put some run butter on the vegetables.
Cast in a mould.
Exhausted; depleted .

Origin

From Middle English runnen, rennen (“to run”), alteration (due to the past participle runne, runnen, yronne) of Middle English rinnen (“to run”), from Old English rinnan, iernan (“to run”) and Old Norse rinna (“to run”), both from Proto-Germanic *rinnaną (“to run”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (“to boil, churn”). Cognate with Scots rin (“to run”), West Frisian rinne (“to walk, march”), archaic Dutch rinnen (“to flow”, still in geronnen), German rinnen (“to flow”), Swedish rinna (“to flow”), and Icelandic renna (“to flow”). From the causative Proto-Germanic *rannijaną (“to make run”) are Dutch rennen, German rennen, Danish rende, Swedish ränna (all “to run”).

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