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run·ning  (rnng)
n.
1. The act or an instance of running.
2. The power or ability to run.
3. Sports The exercise or sport of someone who runs.
adj.
1. Ongoing over a period of time: a running conversation; a running joke among us.
2. Set in continuous or unbroken lines: running text.
3. Printed at the top or bottom of every page or every other page: a running title; a running footer.
adv.
In a consecutive way: four years running.
Idioms:
in the running
1. Entered as a contender in a competition.
2. Having the possibility of winning or placing well in a competition.
out of the running
1. Not entered as a contender in a competition.
2. Having no possibility of winning or placing well in a competition.


running  /rn/  n. [U] 1 an act of moving the legs and feet rapidly: She likes running every morning. 2 to be in/out of the running: to have a possibility/no possibility to win: These three contestants are still in the running and might win.||He was out of the running early in the contest, so he went home.
adj. moving like water moves: That cabin in the woods has running water in the kitchen and the bathroom.

Thesaurus: running n. 1 jogging | racing | sprinting. adj. flowing, pouring | gushing. running

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