marathon

plural marathons

1. A 42.195-kilometre (26-mile-385-yard) road race.
2. broadlyfigurativelyAny extended or sustained activity.

   He had a cleaning marathon the night before his girlfriend came over.

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   I learned from the marathon that to finish a race you simply keep running.

   2021, Lisa Miller, The Awakened Brain, Ch.2, at p.35

   After a marathon session that included more than 14 hours of mostly negative public comment, the council agreed 11 to 4 to fund the center, and then gaveled out just before 6 a.m.

   2023 June 10, Patricia Murphy, “OPINION: ‘Atlanta way’ long gone as city leaders face death threats over training center”, in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

present singular third person marathons · participle present marathoning · participle past marathoned · past marathoned

1. intransitiveTo run a marathon.

   In less than two years, they and their family and friends have skydived, marathoned, tray-baked and dinner-danced their way to £130,000 for Duchenne research through their help4harry campaign.

   2015 August 1, Mary Braid, “‘I was cross that my child had to beg the prime minister for a drug’”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2022

2. informaltransitiveTo 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.

1. A town in Attica, Greece, the site of the victory in 490 BC of heavily outnumbered Athenians against Persians.
2. A place name elsewhere in the world:
   1. A rural town in the Shire of Flinders, northern Queensland, Australia.
   2. A town in Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada.
   3. A city in the Florida Keys, Monroe County, Florida.
   4. A minor city in Buena Vista County, Iowa.
   5. A township in Lapeer County, Michigan.
   6. A town and village therein, in Cortland County, New York.
   7. An unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Clermont County, Ohio.
   8. A census-designated place in Brewster County, Texas.
   9. A town in Marathon County, Wisconsin.

plural Marathons

1. Former name of Snickers (“chocolate bar brand”).