marathon, endurance contest
(noun) any long and arduous undertaking
Marathon, battle of Marathon
(noun) a battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians
marathon
(noun) a footrace of 26 miles 385 yards
Source: WordNet® 3.1
marathon (plural marathons)
A 42.195 kilometre (26 mile 385 yard) road race.
(figuratively, by extension) Any extended or sustained activity.
marathon (third-person singular simple present marathons, present participle marathoning, simple past and past participle marathoned)
To run a marathon.
(informal, transitive) To watch or read a large number of instalments of (a film, book, TV series, etc.) in one sitting.
Marathon
A town in Attica, Greece, the site of the victory in 490 BC of heavily outnumbered Athenians against Persians.
Source: Wiktionary
15 March 2025
(noun) the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
