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marathoning

marathoning noun: the act of running a marathon. Also the present participle of marathon.

Noun

marathoning (uncountable)

  1. The act of running a marathon.
    • Farrell[…1988 July 29, Lawrence Rand, “Body Work: training for the triathlon”, in Chicago Reader

Also used as

marathoning is also the present participle of marathon.

Origin of marathoning

From marathon + -ing.

Questions about marathoning

What does marathoning mean?
Marathoning means the act of running a marathon.
What part of speech is marathoning?
Marathoning is a noun.

Words near marathoning in the dictionary

  1. marathoner
  2. marathoners
  3. Marathonian
  4. Marathonians
  5. marathonic
  6. marathoning
  7. marathonist
  8. marathonists
  9. marathonitid
  10. marathonitids
  11. marathonlike

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