Ran Meaning
/ɹæn/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbsimple past of run
verbsimple past of rin
Sentence Examples
You ran a red light.
I ran into a friend while walking in Ginza.
She ran 100m in an astonishing 10.6 seconds.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Because the dog was chasing him, the boy ____ as fast as he could to get away.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She ____ the entire length of the beach before sunrise every morning as part of her training.
Word Origin & History
From Hebrew רָן (ran).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"[…]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,[…]"
— 1731, Philippus van Limborch, translated by Samuel Chandler, The History of the Inquisition, volume 1, page 231:
"" 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 ;[…]"
— 1837, William Keary, Romanism exposed; or, Strictures on two lectures […] , Goddard and Brown, page 6:
"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."
— 2012 March 5, Helen Summer, Running Crazy, John Blake Publishing, →ISBN, page 209:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Because the dog was chasing him, the boy ____ as fast as he could to get away.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She ____ the entire length of the beach before sunrise every morning as part of her training.