marathon
/ˈmæɹəˌθɑn/ verb C2- To run a marathon.
- To watch or read a large number of instalments of (a film, book, TV series, etc.) in one sitting. · We're going to marathon Star Trek next weekend.
He/she/it marathons · Past marathoned · Past participle marathoned · -ing form marathoning
Verb forms
- Base form
- marathon
- He/she/it
- marathons
- Past
- marathoned
- Past participle
- marathoned
- -ing form
- marathoning
From the library
Simultaneous interpreting is a peculiar kind of exhaustion: you sit perfectly still for hours, yet by lunchtime your brain feels as though it has run a marathon.
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