runningadjective [ after noun ]
uk/ˈrʌn.ɪŋ/us/ˈrʌn.ɪŋ/C2 happening on a particular number of regular occasions:
You've been late three days running.
They won the trophy for the third year running.
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- For the second day running, play was impossible because of the rain.
- They had to make running repairs to the vessel to prevent it from sinking.
- It's a running joke between us that he can never remember my wife's name.
- He has been nominated for the best actor award for the fourth year running.
- As he repaired the cooker he gave a running commentary on what he was doing.
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Order and sequence - general words
- alphabetize
- back end
- back end
- be a chapter of accidents idiom
- catalogue
- litany
- merry-go-round
- next
- nth
- penultimate
- run
- second 1
- sequential
- series
- succession
- thirdly
- timeline
- train
- vice versa
- wave
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Idiom(s)
running battle
(go and) take a running jump
runningnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈrʌn.ɪŋ/us/ˈrʌn.ɪŋ/running noun [ U ] (GOING QUICKLY)
A2 the activity of going somewhere quickly on foot, as a sport or for pleasure:
running shoes/shorts
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Athletics
- athlete
- athletics
- caber
- finish line
- finishing line 1
- finishing line
- follow through
- hammer throwing
- hurdler
- marathon
- relay
- sack race
- shot
- stagger
- steeplechase
- straight
- track
- track meet
- triathlon
- water jump
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Moving quickly
running noun [ U ] (OPERATION)
C2 the activity of controlling or taking care of something:
She has control of the day-to-day running of the business.
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Managing and organizing
- act
- administer
- administration
- bureaucracy
- bureaucratic
- campaign
- have sth in hand idiom
- head sth up
- in hand idiom
- kaizen
- manage
- management
- organization
- restructure
- run the show idiom
- shakedown
- square
- square sth/sb away
- stage
- stage-manage
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Idiom(s)
in/out of the running
make (all) the running