Usually means: Long-distance running race, endurance test.
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We found 33 dictionaries that define the word marathon:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. marathon: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. Marathon, marathon: Merriam-Webster
  3. marathon: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. Marathon, marathon: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. marathon: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Marathon, marathon: Vocabulary.com
  7. Marathon, marathon: Wordnik
  8. marathon: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Marathon, marathon: Wiktionary
  10. marathon: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. Marathon, marathon: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. marathon: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. marathon: Dictionary.com
  14. marathon: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. marathon: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Marathon (Rush song), Marathon (Saga album), Marathon (Santana album), Marathon (The Flash), Marathon (automobile), Marathon (chocolate bar), Marathon (computer game series), Marathon (disambiguation), Marathon (media), Marathon (sport), Marathon (television), Marathon (video game), Marathon, The Marathon (film), The Marathon (mixtape): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. marathon: Rhymezone
  18. marathon, marathon (de), marathon (m): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. marathon: FreeDictionary.org
  20. marathon: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. Marathon: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Marathon: Global Glossary

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Marathon (race), Marathon (sport), Marathon (sports), marathon: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Marathon (race), Marathon (sport), Marathon (sports), marathon: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Marathon (race), Marathon (sport), Marathon (sports), marathon: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. marathon: A Word A Day

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. marathon: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Marathon: Sports Definitions

(Note: See marathoning as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A 42.195-kilometre (26-mile-385-yard) road race.
noun:  (figuratively, by extension) Any extended or sustained activity.
verb:  (intransitive) To run a marathon.
verb:  (informal, transitive) To watch or read a large number of instalments of (a film, book, TV series, etc.) in one sitting.
noun:  (obsolete) Synonym of Snickers
noun:  A town in Attica, Greece, the site of the victory in 490 BC of heavily outnumbered Athenians against Persians.
noun:  A place name elsewhere in the world:
noun:  A rural town in the Shire of Flinders, northern Queensland, Australia.
noun:  A town in Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada.
noun:  A number of places in the United States:
noun:  A city in the Florida Keys, Monroe County, Florida.
noun:  A minor city in Buena Vista County, Iowa.
noun:  A township in Lapeer County, Michigan.
noun:  A town and village therein, in Cortland County, New York.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Clermont County, Ohio.
noun:  A census-designated place in Brewster County, Texas.
noun:  A town in Marathon County, Wisconsin.

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