sprint
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 →
2) A sprint is a short, very fast race, like the 100 metres. tree →
3) A sprint can also be a short burst of hard work done quickly. tree →
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 →
- The 100-metre sprint is the shortest race on sports day. tree →
- He won the sprint by a metre. tree →
- We sprinted across the field when the bell rang. tree →
- You can't sprint for a whole marathon. tree →
- The cheetah can sprint faster than any other land animal. tree →
- Her sprint time was 15 seconds. tree →
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.
- On sports day the other mums sprint in the parents' race.
- A strain is a muscle injury: some muscle fibres are overstretched, often when you sprint before warming up.
- Holding long stretches just before a sprint can make you slightly slower.
- Long races are won with an even pace and a sprint saved for the end.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «sprint» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.