running
♦♦ run|ning /r'ʌnɪŋ/
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
Running is the activity of moving fast on foot, especially as a sport.
We chose to do cross-country running.
...running shoes.
2 [N-SING] the N of n
The running of something such as a business is the managing or organizing of it.
...the committee in charge of the day-to-day running of the party.
3 [ADJ] ADJ n
You use running to describe things that continue or keep occurring over a period of time.
He also began a running feud with Dean Acheson...
= ongoing
4 [ADJ] ADJ n
A running total is a total which changes because numbers keep being added to it as something progresses.
He kept a running tally of who had called him, who had visited, who had sent flowers...
5 [ADV] n ADV
You can use running when indicating that something keeps happening. For example, if something has happened every day for three days, you can say that it has happened for the third day running or for three days running.
He said drought had led to severe crop failure for the second year running...
6 [ADJ] ADJ n
Running water is water that is flowing rather than standing still.
The forest was filled with the sound of running water...
7 [ADJ] ADJ n
If a house has running water, water is supplied to the house through pipes and taps.
...a house without electricity or running water in a tiny African village.
8 [PHRASE]
If someone is in the running for something, they have a good chance of winning or obtaining it. If they are out of the running for something, they have no chance of winning or obtaining it.
Until this week he appeared to have ruled himself out of the running because of his age.
9 [PHRASE] V inflects
If someone is making the running in a situation, they are more active than the other people involved. (mainly BRIT)
Republicans are furious that the Democrats currently seem to be making all the running.
10 [PHRASE] v-link PHR, PHR after v
If something such as a system or place is up and running, it is operating normally.
We're trying to get the medical facilities up and running again.run|ning bat|tle (running battles)
[N-COUNT]
When two groups of people fight a running battle, they keep attacking each other in various parts of a place.
They fought running battles in the narrow streets with police.run|ning com|men|tary (running commentaries)
[N-COUNT]
If someone provides a running commentary on an event, they give a continuous description of it while it is taking place.
John gave the police control room a running commentary on the driver's antics as he followed him at 90mph.run|ning costs
1 [N-PLURAL]
The running costs of a business are the amount of money that is regularly spent on things such as salaries, heating, lighting, and rent. (BUSINESS)
The aim is to cut running costs by £90 million per year.
= overheads
2 [N-PLURAL]
The running costs of a device such as a heater or a fridge are the amount of money that you spend on the gas, electricity, or other type of energy that it uses.
Always buy a heater with thermostat control to save on running costs.run|ning mate (running mates)
[N-COUNT] oft poss N
In an election campaign, a candidate's running mate is the person that they have chosen to help them in the election. If the candidate wins, the running mate will become the second most important person after the winner. (mainly AM)
...Clinton's selection of Al Gore as his running mate.run|ning or|der
[N-SING] usu the N
The running order of the items in a broadcast, concert, or show is the order in which the items will come.
We had reversed the running order.run|ning time (running times)
[N-COUNT]
The running time of something such as a film, video, or CD is the time it takes to play from start to finish.
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
Running is the activity of moving fast on foot, especially as a sport.
We chose to do cross-country running.
...running shoes.
2 [N-SING] the N of n
The running of something such as a business is the managing or organizing of it.
...the committee in charge of the day-to-day running of the party.
3 [ADJ] ADJ n
You use running to describe things that continue or keep occurring over a period of time.
He also began a running feud with Dean Acheson...
= ongoing
4 [ADJ] ADJ n
A running total is a total which changes because numbers keep being added to it as something progresses.
He kept a running tally of who had called him, who had visited, who had sent flowers...
5 [ADV] n ADV
You can use running when indicating that something keeps happening. For example, if something has happened every day for three days, you can say that it has happened for the third day running or for three days running.
He said drought had led to severe crop failure for the second year running...
6 [ADJ] ADJ n
Running water is water that is flowing rather than standing still.
The forest was filled with the sound of running water...
7 [ADJ] ADJ n
If a house has running water, water is supplied to the house through pipes and taps.
...a house without electricity or running water in a tiny African village.
8 [PHRASE]
If someone is in the running for something, they have a good chance of winning or obtaining it. If they are out of the running for something, they have no chance of winning or obtaining it.
Until this week he appeared to have ruled himself out of the running because of his age.
9 [PHRASE] V inflects
If someone is making the running in a situation, they are more active than the other people involved. (mainly BRIT)
Republicans are furious that the Democrats currently seem to be making all the running.
10 [PHRASE] v-link PHR, PHR after v
If something such as a system or place is up and running, it is operating normally.
We're trying to get the medical facilities up and running again.run|ning bat|tle (running battles)
[N-COUNT]
When two groups of people fight a running battle, they keep attacking each other in various parts of a place.
They fought running battles in the narrow streets with police.run|ning com|men|tary (running commentaries)
[N-COUNT]
If someone provides a running commentary on an event, they give a continuous description of it while it is taking place.
John gave the police control room a running commentary on the driver's antics as he followed him at 90mph.run|ning costs
1 [N-PLURAL]
The running costs of a business are the amount of money that is regularly spent on things such as salaries, heating, lighting, and rent. (BUSINESS)
The aim is to cut running costs by £90 million per year.
= overheads
2 [N-PLURAL]
The running costs of a device such as a heater or a fridge are the amount of money that you spend on the gas, electricity, or other type of energy that it uses.
Always buy a heater with thermostat control to save on running costs.run|ning mate (running mates)
[N-COUNT] oft poss N
In an election campaign, a candidate's running mate is the person that they have chosen to help them in the election. If the candidate wins, the running mate will become the second most important person after the winner. (mainly AM)
...Clinton's selection of Al Gore as his running mate.run|ning or|der
[N-SING] usu the N
The running order of the items in a broadcast, concert, or show is the order in which the items will come.
We had reversed the running order.run|ning time (running times)
[N-COUNT]
The running time of something such as a film, video, or CD is the time it takes to play from start to finish.