running

== English == === Etymology === By surface analysis, run +‎ -ing. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /ˈɹʌniŋ/ (Northern England, Midlands) IPA(key): /ˈɹʊnɪŋ/ (Northern England, Midlands, without the NG-coalescence) IPA(key): /ˈɹʊnɪŋɡ/ Rhymes: -ʌnɪŋ === Verb === running present participle and gerund of run === Adjective === running (not comparable) Moving or advancing at a run. Of a horse, having a running gait; not a trotter or pacer. 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. Synonym: runny ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adverb === running (not comparable) (informal) Consecutively; in a row. ==== Translations ==== === Noun === running (countable and uncountable, plural runnings) 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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Preposition === running (colloquial) Approaching; about; roughly. (Can we add an example for this sense?) ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “running”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. == French == === Etymology === Ellipsis of English running shoe. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʁɔ.niŋ/ Hyphenation: run‧ning === Noun === running m (plural runnings) (Canada) running shoe Synonyms: espadrille, tennis, basket == Spanish == === Noun === running m (uncountable) running, jogging