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running

 
 
/ˈrʌnɪŋ/ adjective

Translation

[always before noun] continuing for a long time
uzun süre devam eden, süregelen, sürekli, devamlı, aralıksız
a running battle a running joke 1551
second/third, etc day/week, etc running If something happens for the second/third, etc day/week, etc running, it happens on that number of regular occasions without changing.
ardarda, arka arkaya, üst üste, peş peşe, sürekli
He's won the Championship for the fifth year running.1588
running water If a place has running water, it has a working water system.
akar, akan, musluktan akan
They bought an old house with no electricity or running water.1631
(Definition of running adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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