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- [ruhn-uh-wey]
- /ˈrʌn əˌweɪ/
- /ˈrʌn.ə.weɪ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [ruhn-uh-wey]
- /ˈrʌn əˌweɪ/
Definitions of runaway word
- noun runaway a person who runs away; fugitive; deserter. 1
- noun runaway a horse or team that has broken away from control. 1
- noun runaway the act of running away. 1
- noun runaway a decisive or easy victory. 1
- noun runaway a young person, especially a teenager, who has run away from home. 1
- adjective runaway having run away; escaped; fugitive. 1
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Origin of runaway
First appearance:
before 1505 One of the 26% oldest English words
First recorded in 1505-15; noun, adj. use of verb phrase run away
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Parts of speech for Runaway
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
runaway popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
runaway usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for runaway
noun runaway
- abandoner — a person or thing that abandons
- awol — If someone in the Armed Forces goes AWOL, they leave their post without the permission of a superior officer. AWOL is an abbreviation for 'absent without leave'.
- awols — a soldier or other military person who is absent from duty without leave.
- boat people — Boat people are people who escape from their country in small boats to travel to another country in the hope that they will be able to live there.
- bolter — an outsider in a contest or race
adj runaway
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