different between running vs manipulation

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /???n??/
• Rhymes: -?n??

Adjective

running (not comparable)

1. Moving or advancing at a run.
   1. Of a horse, having a running gait; not a trotter or pacer.
2. Present, current.

3. Flowing; easy; cursive.

4. Continuous; ongoing; keeping along step by step.
   • 1826, Julius Hare, Guesses at Truth by Two Brothers

     What are art and science if not a running commentary on Nature?

5. Having a continuous design or pattern.

   running bond; running ornament

6. Consecutive.
7. (botany) Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem.

8. (medicine) Discharging pus.

9. (of a nose) Discharging snot or mucus.

Synonyms

• (nose): runny

Derived terms

• free-running
• long-running

Translations

Adverb

running (not comparable)

1. (informal) consecutively; in a row

Translations

Noun

running (countable and uncountable, plural runnings)

1. The action of the verb to run.

2. The activity of running as a form of exercise, as a sport, or for any other reason

3. That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during a certain operation.

4. The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.

Derived terms

• free running, freerunning

Translations

Verb

running

1. present participle of run

Preposition

running

1. (colloquial) Approaching; about; roughly.

Derived terms

Spanish

Noun

running m (uncountable)

1. running, jogging

English

Etymology

From French manipulation, from Old French manipule, from Latin manipulus.Morphologically manipulate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /m??n?p.ju?le?.??n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

manipulation (countable and uncountable, plural manipulations)

1. The practice of manipulating or the state of being manipulated.

2. The skillful use of the hands in, for example, chiropractic.

   After a few minutes of manipulation each week, she obtained days of relief from her neck pain.

3. The usage of underhanded influence over a person, event, or situation to gain a desired outcome.

   The counselor was able to reach the disturbed teen through positive psychological manipulation.

   Through subtle manipulations he orchestrated the downfall of his rival.

Translations

See also

• pedipulation

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ni.py.la.sj??/

Noun

manipulation f (plural manipulations)

1. manipulation

Further reading

• “manipulation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).