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run-ons

run-ons is the plural of run-on.

Meaning of run-on

Noun

run-on (plural run-ons)

  1. (usually) An amount of time spent playing on the field during a game, especially so as to evaluate a player's abilities.
  2. A run-on sentence.
    • She reads musically. No harsh stops, no broken-breathy run-ons, no ups and down soft and fast fluctuations.1974 April 27, Barba Biccirilli, “Learning To Dare”, in Gay Community News, page 3
  3. Anything that runs on, such as a run-on entry in a dictionary.
  4. The period when a power saw or other tool continues to run after being powered off.

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Questions about run-ons

What is run-ons the plural of?
Run-ons is the plural of run-on.

Words near run-ons in the dictionary

  1. run-off
  2. run-offs
  3. run-on
  4. run-on sentence
  5. run-on sentences
  6. run-ons
  7. run-out
  8. run-outs
  9. run-rate
  10. run-rates
  11. run-through

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Adapted from Wiktionary: run-ons (page history and authors); run-on (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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