marathon
A 42.195-kilometre (26-mile-385-yard) road race.
Noun 2 meanings
A 42.195-kilometre (26-mile-385-yard) road race.
Any extended or sustained activity.
“He had a cleaning marathon the night before his girlfriend came over.”
Verb 2 meanings
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.”
Etymology
From French marathon, coined in 1894 by linguist Michel Bréal for the first modern time Olympic Games after Ancient Greek Μαραθών (Marathṓn), a town northeast of Athens. Phidippides the Greek ran the distance from Marathon to Athens to deliver a message regarding the Battle of Marathon.
MARATHON at a glance
MARATHON has 8 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (M 3 + A 1 + R 1 + A 1 + T 1 + H 4 + O 1 + N 1) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,425 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with marathon
All rhymes- PYTHON14
- SIPHON11
- THON7
- HACKATHON21
- ARCHON11
- TELETHON11
- CHON9
- GRYPHON16
- COLOPHON15
- TYPHON14
- PHON9
- ANTIPHON13
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