ran
/ɹæn/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.87 in modern English
3
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
simple past of run
verb
simple past of rin
noun
Initialism of radio access network (“the underlying physical connection method for a radio based communication network”).
Uncountable
name
A male given name from Hebrew.
name
A female given name from Japanese.
Example Sentences
- "[…]rather to convince the Underſtanding, than to be eaſily capable of being anſwered ; excuſing your ſelf that you have ran into an Error, ſo foreign as you have declared from your Intention,[…]"
- "" Heretics and schismatics, because they rebel against her, and only belong to the church, as deserters to an army from which they have ran away ;[…]"
- "I’ve ran this event many times but in the year 2000, when we were running over the Bodmin Moor part of the course, it lashed down with large, freezing-cold hailstones."
Etymology
From Hebrew רָן (ran).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: らん
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɹæn/
- British English: /ɹæn/