marathon
A 42.195-kilometre (26-mile-385-yard) road race.
Other meanings
Any extended or sustained activity.
“He had a cleaning marathon the night before his girlfriend came over.”
Related words
- marathonic
- marathonist
- marathonlike
- megamarathon
- minimarathon
- nonmarathon
- photomarathon
- postmarathon
- readathon
- telethon
- marathoner
- half marathon
Word history
From Ancient Greek "Μαραθών".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “marathon” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.