English
marathon
see also: Marathon
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈmæɹəθən/
  • (America) IPA: /ˈmæɹəˌθɑn/, /ˈmɛɹəˌθɑn/
Noun

marathon (plural marathons)

  1. A 42.195 kilometre (26 mile 385 yard) road race.
  2. (figuratively, by extension) Any extended or sustained activity.
    He had a cleaning marathon the night before his girlfriend came over.
Translations Translations Verb

marathon (marathons, present participle marathoning; past and past participle marathoned)

  1. To run a marathon.
  2. (informal, transitive) To watch or read a large number of instalments of (a film, book, TV series, etc.) in one sitting.
    We're going to marathon Star Trek next weekend.
Marathon
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈmæɹəθən/
  • (America) IPA: /ˈmæɹəˌθɑn/, /ˈmɛɹəˌθɑn/
Proper noun
  1. A town in Attica, Greece, the site of the victory in 490 BC of heavily outnumbered Athenians against Persians.
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