Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ultrarunning

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.36 in modern English

Syllables: ul-tra-run-ning
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The running of ultramarathons.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Last year, Ms. Merino became one of just over 300 people to complete the Grand Slam of ultrarunning."
"Tragedy is hardly a foreign concept in ultrarunning, races longer than the standard marathon distance of 26.2 miles. But the scale of the loss of life in Gansu Province was hard for even veterans of the growing sport to fathom. […] “I am so freaked out,” Katie Arnold, an ultrarunning champion and the author of the memoir, “Running Home,” said Monday. “I can’t even get my mind around it.”"

Etymology

From ultra- + running.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: ultra-

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does ultrarunning mean?: The running of ultramarathons.
Where does ultrarunning come from?: From ultra- + running.

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