marathon

noun

1. A 42.195-kilometre (26-mile-385-yard) road race.
2. (broadly, figuratively)Any extended or sustained activity.

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

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

   “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.”

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

verb

1. (intransitive)To 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.”

2. (informal, transitive)To 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.”

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