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marathon

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A cross-country footrace of 26 miles, 385 yards (42.195 kilometers).
  • noun A long-distance race other than a footrace.
  • noun A contest of endurance.
  • noun An event or activity that requires prolonged effort, endurance, or attention.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A footrace of 26 miles 385 yards.
  • noun Any long and arduous undertaking, straining the endurance of the participants.
  • noun a battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians.

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  • noun A 42.195 kilometre (26 mile 385 yard) road race.
  • noun figuratively, by extension Any extended or sustained activity.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians
  • noun a footrace of 26 miles 385 yards
  • noun any long and arduous undertaking

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[After Marathon (so called because a messenger ran from there to Athens to announce a victory over the Persians in 490 BC).]

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Ancient Greek Μαραθών (Marathōn), a town northeast of Athens. Phidippides the Greek ran the distance from Marathon to Athens to deliver a message regarding the Battle of Marathon. The modern sport of marathon running is based on a run approximately the same distance.

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synonyms (120)

Words with the same meaning

  1. Arica movement
  2. Erhard Seminars Training
  3. Le Mans
  4. New Consciousness
  5. Pentothal interview
  6. SAT
  7. T-group
  8. air race
  9. assertiveness training
  10. automobile race
  11. battle of marathon
  12. behavior modification
  13. behavior therapy
  14. bicycle race
  15. bioenergetics
  16. biofeedback
  17. boat race
  18. confrontation therapy
  19. conjoint therapy
  20. consciousness raising
  21. contest of speed
  22. counseling
  23. cross-country race
  24. dash
  25. derby
  26. directive therapy
  27. dog race
  28. drag race
  29. drawn-out
  30. encounter therapy
  31. endurance race
  32. est
  33. extended
  34. family training
  35. feminist therapy
  36. footrace
  37. gestalt therapy
  38. group psychotherapy
  39. group relations training
  40. group sensitivity training
  41. group therapy
  42. heat
  43. humanistic therapy
  44. hurdle race
  45. hypnoanalysis
  46. hypnosis
  47. hypnotherapy
  48. hypnotism
  49. interminable
  50. languishing
  51. lap
  52. lasting
  53. lengthened
  54. lingering
  55. long
  56. long-continuing
  57. long-drawn
  58. long-drawn-out
  59. long-pending
  60. long-winded
  61. marathon race
  62. marriage encounter
  63. match race
  64. mind cure
  65. motorcycle race
  66. narcoanalysis
  67. narcohypnosis
  68. narcosynthesis
  69. narcotherapy
  70. nondirective therapy
  71. obstacle race
  72. occupational therapy
  73. overlong
  74. pastoral counseling
  75. play therapy
  76. potato race
  77. primal therapy
  78. prolonged
  79. prolonged narcosis
  80. protracted
  81. psychodrama
  82. psychological counseling
  83. psychosurgery
  84. psychosynthesis
  85. psychotherapeutics
  86. psychotherapy
  87. race
  88. radical therapy
  89. rational-emotive therapy
  90. reality therapy
  91. recreational therapy
  92. regatta
  93. regression therapy
  94. relay
  95. relay race
  96. release therapy
  97. road race
  98. run
  99. sack race
  100. scream therapy
  101. sensitivity training
  102. sensory awareness training
  103. sleep treatment
  104. speedway race
  105. sprint
  106. sprint race
  107. spun-out
  108. stock-car race
  109. stretched-out
  110. supportive therapy
  111. three-legged race
  112. torch race
  113. track race
  114. training group
  115. transactional analysis
  116. transcendental meditation
  117. transpersonal therapy
  118. vocational therapy
  119. walk
  120. yacht race

hypernyms (8)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. foot race
  2. footrace
  3. labor
  4. pitched battle
  5. project
  6. run
  7. task
  8. undertaking

same context (6)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. cross-country
  2. grueling
  3. jsf
  4. layover
  5. maven
  6. two-hour

forms (3)

Forms

  1. half marathon
  2. marathoner
  3. ultramarathon

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