running

running

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run‧ning¹ /ˈrʌnɪŋ/ noun [uncountable]
1. the activity or sport of running ⇨ jogging:
    Did you go running this morning?
    New facilities include a pool and a running track.
    running shoes
2. the running of something the process of managing or organizing a business, home, organization etc:
    Brian took over the day-to-day running of the company while his father was away.
    He praised the smooth running of the election.
3. be in the running/out of the running to have some hope or no hope of winning a race or competition:
    Who’s in the running for the world title this year?
4. make (all) the running British English informal to be the person who makes most of the suggestions in a relationship, plan, activity etc

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running² adjective [only before noun]1. running water
  a. if a house has running water, it has pipes which provide water to its kitchen, bath, toilet etc
  b. water that is flowing or moving:
    the sound of running water
    Rinse the vegetables thoroughly under running water.
2. running commentary a spoken description of an event, especially a race or game, made while the event is happening:
    She gave us a running commentary on what was happening in the street.
3. running total a total that keeps being increased as new costs, amounts etc are added:
    Keep a running total of your expenses as you go along.
4. running battle/joke an argument or joke that continues or is repeated over a long period of time
5. running sore a sore area on your skin that has liquid coming out of it
6. in running order a machine that is in running order is working correctly
7. the running order the order in which the different parts of an event have been arranged to take place
8. take a running jump spoken used to tell someone to go away and stop annoying you

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running³ adverbthree years/five times etc running for three years etc without a change or interruption
   SYN  in a row:
    She won the prize for the fourth year running.