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run to

run to verb: to reach a particular maximum amount, size, value, etc.

Verb

run to (third-person singular simple present runs to, present participle running to, simple past ran to, past participle run to)

  1. (idiomatic) To reach a particular maximum amount, size, value, etc.
    • The official report runs to several thousand pages in 12 volumes.
    • The repairs ran to 1,200 euros.
  2. (idiomatic) To be capable of reaching or achieving.
    • My musical tastes don't run to Wagner, I'm afraid.
    • I think my carpentry should run to making a window.
  3. To go to a responsible person or authority figure for support; to require another to support oneself.
    • She's getting a little old to run to her mother every time she gets in a fight with her friends.
    Synonyms:
    turn to

run to meaning in Malayalam

run to in Malayalam

add up to, amount to, total
തുകയാവുക, മൂല്യം വരിക, സങ്കലിതതുകയാകുക, മൊത്തമാവുക, ആകെത്തു കയാവുക, തുല്യമാവുക
afford, stretch to, manage
കഴിയുക, നിർവ്വാഹമുണ്ടാകുക, പ്രാപ്തി ഉണ്ടായിരിക്കുക, താങ്ങാൻ കഴിയുക, വല്ലുക, വഹിക്കാൻ പ്രാപ്തിയുണ്ടാകുക
tend to, become, get
പ്രവണതയുണ്ടാകുക, ആവുക, ആയിത്തീരുക, പ്രാപിക്കുക

Synonyms of run to

Forms of run to

third-person singular presentruns to
present participlerunning to
pastran to
past participlerun to

Questions about run to

What does run to mean?
Run to means to reach a particular maximum amount, size, value, etc.
What is run to in Malayalam?
Run to in Malayalam is തുകയാവുക, മൂല്യം വരിക, സങ്കലിതതുകയാകുക. See Run to meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is run to?
Run to is a verb.
What is the past tense of run to?
The past tense of run to is ran to.

Words near run to in the dictionary

  1. run thin
  2. run through
  3. run through the garden
  4. run time
  5. run times
  6. run to
  7. run to earth
  8. run to fat
  9. run to ground
  10. run to seed
  11. run to the ground

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: run to (page history and authors); run to (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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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