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# sprint

«sprint» in Mova's school dictionary: **to run as fast as you can for a short distance** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (sprint, sprints, sprinted, sprinting); noun (a sprint, sprints)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To sprint is to run as fast as you can for a short distance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprint/#m1)

2) A sprint is a short, very fast race, like the 100 metres. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprint/#m2)

3) A sprint can also be a short burst of hard work done quickly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprint/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In PE and sports day, children run sprints and relay races; a sprint is different from a long-distance run, where you pace yourself. In everyday life, people sprint for a bus. In maths, sprint times and distances let you compare speeds.

### examples

- She sprinted to catch the bus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprint/#x1)
- The 100-metre sprint is the shortest race on sports day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprint/#x2)
- He won the sprint by a metre. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprint/#x3)
- We sprinted across the field when the bell rang. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprint/#x4)
- You can't sprint for a whole marathon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprint/#x5)
- The cheetah can sprint faster than any other land animal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprint/#x6)
- Her sprint time was 15 seconds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprint/#x7)

### note

Regular verb: «sprinted». A sprint is short and fast; a «jog» is slow and steady. In maths, shorter time for the same distance means a faster speed: speed = distance ÷ time.

### In the corpora

- [He lay stiff as a plank for an hour, then sprinted to his parents' room so fast he hit the door frame.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures/1/)
- [On sports day the other mums sprint in the parents' race.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/523-kinship-care-living-with-gran-or-an-aunt/3/)
- [A strain is a muscle injury: some muscle fibres are overstretched, often when you sprint before warming up.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/3-sprains-strains-and-bruises/1/)
- [Holding long stretches just before a sprint can make you slightly slower.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/37-warming-up-stitches-and-cramp/9/)
- [Long races are won with an even pace and a sprint saved for the end.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/43-running-gymnastics-and-martial-arts/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sprint» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprint/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.