• ttbc Ewe: duƒuƒu , dusisi (1)
• ttbc Italian: corsa (1)
• ttbc Italian: smagliatura
• ttbc Italian: giro (14)
• ttbc Lithuanian: bėgimas
• ttbc Telugu: పరుగు (parugu)

• Arabic:
• Aromanian: fugu
• Breton: redek
• Bulgarian: бягам, тичам
• Catalan: córrer
• Chinese: 跑 (pǎo); 奔跑 (bēnpǎo)
• Crimean Tatar: çapmaq (northern dialect cuvurmaq)
• Czech: běžet
• Danish: løbe
• Dutch: rennen, lopen
• Esperanto: kuri
• Estonian: jooksma
• Ewe: ƒu du
• Finnish: juosta
• French: courir
• German: rennen, laufen
• Greek: τρέχω (trékho)
• Hebrew: לרוץ
• Hungarian: fut
• Icelandic: hlaupa
• Ido: kurar, hastar
• Indonesian: lari, lari, jalan
• Irish: rith
• Italian: correre
• Japanese: 走る (はしる, hashiru), 走らせる (はしらせる, hashiraseru)
• Kannada: ಓಡು (Odu)
• Korean: 달리다 (dallida)
• Kurdish:

  Kurmancî: bezîn, revîn, bazdan

  Soranî: (rakirdin)

• Latin: currere
• Latvian: skriet
• Lithuanian: bėgti
• Malayalam: ഓടുക (Otuka)
• Norwegian: løpe, springe
• Portuguese: correr
• Romanian: a alerga, a fugi
• Russian: бегать (bégat’, impf.-abstract), бежать (bežát’, impf.-concrete), побежать (pobežát’, pf.)
• Scottish Gaelic: ruith
• Serbian: trčati, трчати
• Slovene: teči
• Spanish: correr
• Swahili: kukimbia
• Swedish: springa
• Tagalog: tumakbo
• Telugu: పరుగెత్తు (parugettu)

• Breton: redet
• Catalan: corregut
• Dutch: gerend, gelopen
• Ewe: ƒu du
• German: gerannt, gelaufen
• Icelandic: hlupið
• Irish: rite
• Latvian: skrējis skrējusi
• Spanish: corrido

Mandarin

Pinyin syllable

run

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having either of two tones, rún or rùn.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Old English

Etymology

From the Germanic root *rūnō. Cognate with the Old Saxon rūna, Old High German rūna (and German Raun), Old Norse rūn, and Gothic 𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌰 (rūna).

Pronunciation

• /ru:n/

Noun

(plural or )

1. mystery, secret

   rune healdan (to keep one’s counsel)

2. advice, counsel
3. writing; a rune

Descendants

• English rune

See also

• dyrne

Old Norse

Etymology

From the Germanic root *rūnō. Cognate with the Old English rūn, Old Saxon rūna, Old High German rūna (and German Raun), and Gothic 𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌰 (rūna).

Noun

rūn

1. secret
2. rune; writing, runes

   ᛟᛞᛁᚺᛁᚨᚠ ᛟᚾᚢᚱ ᛉᛁᛏᛊᚨᚷᚨᛞ [...]

   [ek go]dagastiR runo faihido

   [I, Gu]dgjest inscribed the runes. — 4th century inscription on the Einang stone, near Fagernes, Norway.

Run or runs may refer to:

Computers

• Execution (computers), meaning to begin operation of a computer program
  • Run command, a command used to execute a program in Microsoft Windows
• RUN (magazine), a computer magazine of the 1980s
• A sequence of something repeated, in computer coding
• Measurement run, an automated sequence of measurements, in experimental science

Sport

• Running, moving swiftly on foot for exercise, sport, fun or necessity
• Run (American football), an offensive action in American football
• Run (baseball), the unit of scoring in baseball
• Run (cricket), the unit of scoring in cricket
• Piste, a marked trail down a mountain for winter sports
• A sailing term meaning to sail downwind

Film, television and literature

• Run (1991 film)
• Run (2002 film)
• Run!, an episode of the NBC television series Heroes
• A 2003 novel by Eric Walters
• The third novel in the Fearless series by Francine Pascal
• Run (2008 film)
• Run, Buddy, Run 1966 CBS sitcom starring Jack Sheldon

Music

Songs and albums

• "Run" (Shihad song)
• "Run" (Cog song)
• "Run" (Amy Macdonald song)
• "Run" (Collective Soul song)
• "Run" (Snow Patrol song)
• "Run" (George Strait song)
• "Run" (Gnarls Barkley song)
• "Run" (Air song)
• Run (album), a studio album by B'z
• An album and song by Nine Mile
• A song by Collective Soul on their album Dosage
• A song by Ghostface Killah on his album The Pretty Toney Album
• A song by Rex Goudie on his album Under the Lights
• A song by the Naked Brothers Band on their self-titled album
• A song by New Order on their album Technique
• A song by Shihad, under the name Pacifier, on their album Pacifier
• A song by Supergrass from their album Life on Other Planets
• A song by Disturbed, will be a b-side on their album Indestructible

Other

• Joseph Simmons, a member of hip-hop group Run D.M.C., also known as "Run" or "Rev Run"(a play on his religious title)
• Melisma, also known as runs or vocal runs

Other meanings

• RUN, the ICAO code for ACT Airlines
• Run (cards), a combination of playing cards where cards have consecutive rank values
• Run (island), one of the smallest Banda Islands
• Spring run, the outflow of a spring of water, also called a spring branch
• Bank run, a mass withdrawal by many people of money from a bank
• Diarrhea, also called "getting the runs"
• Campaigning for public office in an election

See also

• Run Run Run

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