Sprint Meaning
/spɹɪnt/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA short race at top speed.
nounA burst of speed or activity.
Sentence Examples
During a sprint through the pedestrian precinct, I collided with a man eating a currywurst.
Ole Einar Bjoerndalen from Norway won the biathlon 10km sprint.
Take your time. It's a marathon, not a sprint.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
He decided to ____ the final 100 meters to win the race.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The athlete put all her energy into a final ____ to reach the finish line ahead of her opponents.
Word Origin & History
Alteration of earlier sprent (“to leap; bound; dart”), from Northern Middle English sprenten, from Old Norse *sprenta (for later spretta), from Proto-Germanic *sprantijaną, causative of Proto-Germanic *sprintaną (“to jump up; bounce”), from Proto-Indo-European *sprend-, *sprendʰ- (“to flinch; jump”), from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to twitch; fidget; flinch; jump; be quick”). Cognate with Middle High German sprenzen (“to sprinkle; splash”), Swedish spritta (“to startle”), Icelandic spretta (“to spring forth; emerge; arise; develop”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
""So I broke away early this mornin', gave my guard a kick in the tummy that laid him out, and sprinted for the camp."
— 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
He decided to ____ the final 100 meters to win the race.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The athlete put all her energy into a final ____ to reach the finish line ahead of her opponents.