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Definition of RUN

1

a prevailing or general movement or inclination <the company's stock has remained consistent with the overall run of the market>

Synonyms current, direction, drift, leaning, run, tendency, tide, wind

Related Words curve, downside, shift, swing, turn, turnabout, upside; custom, habit, propensity, tenor, way; countercurrent, countertrend; undercurrent, undertow

2

chiefly Midland  a natural body of running water smaller than a river <a run full of catfish>

Synonyms beck [British], bourn (or bourne), brook, brooklet, burn [British], gill [British], rill, rivulet, run [chiefly Midland], runlet, runnel, streamlet

Related Words arroyo, billabong [Australian], fresh, freshet, runoff; bayou, coulee, slough (also slew or slue), stream, wash; canal, channel, cut, cutoff, gut, kill, millrace, millstream, race, watercourse, waterway; affluent, branch, confluent, distributary, influent, tributary

3

the period during which something exists, lasts, or is in progress <the actor has been assigned the part for the run of the show>

Synonyms continuance, date, life, life span, lifetime, run, standing, time

Related Words spell, stretch; span, tenure, term; hitch, tour, turn; half-life; age, longevity

4

the right to act or move freely <gave the dogs the run of the place>

Synonyms authorization, free hand, latitude, license (or licence), run

Related Words authority, clutch, command, control, dominion, grip, hold, mandate, mastery, power, sway; range, room, space; blank check, carte blanche

5

runs pl  abnormally frequent intestinal evacuations with more or less fluid stools <with weekend guests in the house, it was no time to get the runs>

Synonyms Delhi belly, flux, Montezuma's revenge, runs, trots, turista

Related Words dysentery, shigellosis; scour(s)