Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Running is the activity of moving fast on foot, especially as a sport.
We chose to do cross-country ~.
...~ shoes.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
The ~ of something such as a business is the managing or organizing of it.
...the committee in charge of the day-to-day ~ of the party.
N-SING: the N of n
3.
You use ~ to describe things that continue or keep occurring over a period of time.
He also began a ~ feud with Dean Acheson...
= ongoing
ADJ: ADJ n
4.
A ~ total is a total which changes because numbers keep being added to it as something progresses.
He kept a ~ tally of who had called him, who had visited, who had sent flowers...
ADJ: ADJ n
5.
You can use ~ when indicating that something keeps happening. For example, if something has happened every day for three days, you can say that it has happened for the third day ~ or for three days ~.
He said drought had led to severe crop failure for the second year ~...
ADV: n ADV
6.
Running water is water that is flowing rather than standing still.
The forest was filled with the sound of ~ water...
ADJ: ADJ n
7.
If a house has ~ water, water is supplied to the house through pipes and taps.
...a house without electricity or ~ water in a tiny African village.
ADJ: ADJ n
8.
If someone is in the ~ for something, they have a good chance of winning or obtaining it. If they are out of the ~ for something, they have no chance of winning or obtaining it.
Until this week he appeared to have ruled himself out of the ~ because of his age.
PHRASE
9.
If someone is making the ~ in a situation, they are more active than the other people involved. (mainly BRIT)
Republicans are furious that the Democrats currently seem to be making all the ~.
PHRASE: V inflects
10.
If something such as a system or place is up and ~, it is operating normally.
We’re trying to get the medical facilities up and ~ again.
PHRASE: v-link PHR, PHR after v