sprint
pronunciation
How to pronounce sprint in British English:
UK [sprɪnt]
How to pronounce sprint in American English:
US [sprɪnt]
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- Noun:
- a quick run
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- Verb:
- run very fast, usually for a short distance
Word Origin
- sprint (v.)
- 1560s, "to spring, dart," probably an alteration of sprenten "to leap, spring" (early 14c.), from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse spretta "to jump up" (cognate with Swedish spritta "to start, startle"). Meaning "to run a short distance at full speed" first recorded 1871. Related: Sprinted; sprinting.
- sprint (n.)
- "short burst of running, etc.," 1865, from sprint (v.).
Example
- 1. This being china , a last-minute sprint cannot be ruled out .
- 2. Try it : go outside and sprint all-out for two minutes .
- 3. Yet this is a marathon , not a sprint .
- 4. Remember , success is not a sprint , it is a marathon .
- 5. The idea that formal education has to be a sprint from age 5 to 21 seems to be changing .