running

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team
noun the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace
noun the state of being in operation

By surface analysis, run + -ing.

RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR--[Written about 1870.] — Sketches New and Old, Mark Twain
She hadn't done much running lately. — The Adventures of Reddy Fox, Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess
"They're simply not in the running." — The Youngest Girl in the Fifth: A School Story, Angela Brazil

run, running play, running game

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