showrunning
showrunning is the present participle and gerund of showrun.
Meaning of showrun
Verb
showrun (third-person singular simple present showruns, present participle showrunning, simple past showran, past participle showrun)
- To act as a showrunner for (a television show).
- But she dreams of having, and show-running, her own television program. In May, she’ll perform two nights as her character at Union Hall in Park Slope, Brooklyn — a neighborhood that character would probably struggle to find.2023 March 14, Alexandra Jacobs, “Your Annoying Roommate Is Slaying on TikTok”, in The New York Times
Questions about showrunning
- What is showrunning the present participle and gerund of?
- Showrunning is the present participle and gerund of showrun.
Words near showrunning in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: showrunning (page history and authors); showrun (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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