to run
- verb
- /rʌn/
- The train will run on time every morning at 8 AM.
- trains run
- lines run
- run on time
Examples
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Every week, the only project of its kind in the UK runs three hour-long hockey sessions in Gloucestershire.
Academic text (2008) -
The Unisyn fleet of vehicles ran seven days a week from 4 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Academic text (1999) -
And it used to run just about an hour and a half.
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Why would they run the trains?
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As with most other countries and regions, Japan runs a large trade surplus with Africa.
Academic text (1991) -
The new line is expected to open one month after Eurostar begins running through the Channel Tunnel.
Academic text (1993) -
The city's main train track runs in a northwest to southeast diagonal across the mainland.
Academic text (2008) -
Interstate 81 is a modern Eisenhower interstate that runs parallel to US-11, but traffic moves much faster on I-81.
Academic text (2012) -
Our city bus runs along this route every hour.
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The ferry runs between the island and the mainland every half hour.
Synonyms
To travel regularly along a set route, often carrying people or goods
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To feel very excited about something and then lose interest often
- Archaic
Act in a confused or uncontrolled way because of strong emotion
To support two opposite sides at the same time to please both
- Informal
Move quickly from place to place trying to solve many urgent problems
To support two opposite sides at the same time
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
To damage something by using it too much or managing it badly
Compounds
A vehicle crash caused by a driver who leaves without helping or saying who they are
- Specialized
A run charged to the pitcher when the other team makes no fielding error or passed ball
- Specialized
The part of a plane's mission when it approaches a target and drops weapons on it
Many customers try to take out their money from a bank because they fear it will fail
- Specialized
Average number of runs a pitcher allows in nine innings, not counting runs after fielding mistakes
A sentence that joins more than one full idea without proper punctuation or connecting words
- Literature
The number of copies made for one edition of a magazine, book or newspaper
- Specialized
A score given to a batter when their hit lets another player reach home
An early Civil War battle in Virginia where Confederate forces defeat Union troops
- Jargon
A run scored because a defensive player made a mistake, not from the batter's play
- Jargon
The normal action during a game not counting set pieces like free kicks or penalties
- Jargon
An attempt to move the ball by running around the end of the line in American football
A major early Civil War battle fought in July 1861 near Manassas, Virginia that the Confederate army won
- Specialized
A problem that happens while a program is running because of wrong data or bad instructions
- Specialized
A loose mix of small stones and sand taken from a gravel pit and used as is
- Jargon
A set of newspaper or magazine copies with some pages changed for different areas
How Often
Surface Forms
Etymology
Run meaning to travel a route regularly comes from the basic sense 'to move along', so a train that 'runs' between cities follows that path again and again.