"parkrun" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: parkruns [plural]
Etymology: Compound of park + run. The first parkrun event, originally known as the "Bushy Park Time Trial", was founded by Paul Sinton-Hewitt in 2004 but only adopted the name "parkrun" in 2008. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Compound}} Compound, {{com+|en|park|run}} Compound of park + run Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} parkrun (countable and uncountable, plural parkruns)
  1. An informal weekly 5 km (2 km for junior parkrun) running event that takes place in a park or similar location. Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: parkrunner
    Sense id: en-parkrun-en-noun-Qyrq56o0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Parkrun

Verb

Forms: parkruns [present, singular, third-person], parkrunning [participle, present], parkran [past], parkrun [participle, past]
Etymology: Compound of park + run. The first parkrun event, originally known as the "Bushy Park Time Trial", was founded by Paul Sinton-Hewitt in 2004 but only adopted the name "parkrun" in 2008. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Compound}} Compound, {{com+|en|park|run}} Compound of park + run Head templates: {{en-verb|parkruns|parkrunning|parkran|parkrun}} parkrun (third-person singular simple present parkruns, present participle parkrunning, simple past parkran, past participle parkrun)
  1. To take part in this running event.
    Sense id: en-parkrun-en-verb-xqGBHk9E
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Parkrun

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