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Rundown

Definitions: Rundown

Rundown

Noun

1. A concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court) Rundstedt n : German field marshal in World War II who directed the conquest of Poland and led the Ardennes counteroffensive (1875-1953) rune n : any character from an ancient Germanic alphabet used in Scandinavia from the 3rd century to the Middle Age.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definitions: Rundown

DomainDefinitions

Nuclear Energy & Physics

Rundown is automatically terminated if the disturbing condition is corrected; otherwise, complete shutdown will be effected. The conditions causing rundown are high neutron flux, high radiation level, loss of circulating water, loss of ventilating air, or low moderator level. Source: European Union. (references)

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Synonyms: Rundown

Synonyms: summation (n), summing up (n), von Rundstedt (n). (additional references)
Synonyms by domain: run-down (electrical engineering, mechanical engineeringnuclear energy & physics).

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Crosswords: Rundown

English words defined with "rundown": renovatedtenement, tenement house. (references)
Specialty definitions using "rundown": ASSIGNMENT EDITOR. (references)

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Modern Usage: Rundown

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Give me a rundown please. (Legalese; writing credit: Billy Ray)

To you newly installed officers on the force, I'd to give you a little rundown on what to expect. (Where the Boys Are; writing credit: Glendon Swarthout; George Wells)

Lyrics

There's a rundown bar (Neon Moon; performing artist: Brooks & Dunn)

Song Titles

Denny's Village Rundown (performing artist: Galactic)

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Commercial Usage: Rundown

DomainTitle

Books

  

Periodicals

  

Music

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Image Slideshow: Rundown

Photos:
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Photo Album: Rundown

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Morgantown, West Virginia. Center of a rundown mining territory. Credit: Library of Congress.

Child of migrant citrus worker who lives in a rundown apartment house. The sink at the head of the stairs is the only running water in the house. Winterhaven, Florida. Credit: Library of Congress.

This rundown store is all that remains of the once prosperous community of Liberty Hill (sometimes called Housen). Heard County, Georgia. Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Rundown

SubjectTopicQuote

Travel

Zambia

The railway system is rundown and undergoing restructuring. (references)

Jamaica

Some of the most popular Jamaican dishes are: rice and beans; ackee and salt fish; patties (meat-filled pastries); jerk chicken; curried goat; and mackerel rundown. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Rundown

"Rundown" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Rundown" is used about 114 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%11430,294

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Rundown

Expressions using "rundown": Clear Certainty Rundown give smb. a rundown on smth. Purification Rundown reactor rundown Scientology Drug Rundown The Sunshine Rundown. Additional references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Rundown

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

america gma gma good morning rundown.html section weekly

131

rundown

54

movie rundown

9

purification rundown

5

rock rundown

4

rundown trailer

4

rundown tv

2
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Modern Translations: Rundown

Language Translations for "rundown"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

i lodhur (all in, aweary, bored, disgusted, fatigued, flagging, forworn, jaded, languorous, sick, tired, used up, way-worn, weary, worn out), i dobët (anaemic, anemic, bad, cachectic, characterless, cheesy, delicate, Dickey, dicky, dim, Dotty, enervate, faint, fainting, feeble, flabby, flaccid, gone, ill-conditioned, impaired, indolent, inferior, infirm, insubstantial, knock kneed, lame, lamentable, languid, languorous, lax, lean, low, meager, meagre, mean, measly, milk and water, nerveless, pale, pimping, pithless, poky, poor, puny, queasy, reckling, remiss, remote, rotten, scraggy, scrannel, scrawny, scrofulous, seared, shoddy, skinny, slack, sleazy, slender, slight, slim, soft, spare, squeamish, tender, thin, third rate, Twiggy, weak, weakly, woozy), i dobësuar (diluted, effete, emaciated, emasculate, exhausted, flagging, sapless). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

减少 (cutback, Decreased, Decreasing, Diminish, Diminished, Diminishing, Diminution, Dwindle, Dwindled, Dwindling, Mio, reduce, reduced, reducing, reduction, Wane, Waned, Waning). (various references)

   

Czech

  

restrikce (cutback, restraint, restriction, run down). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

مندرس (Seedy, Threadbare), کهنه (Ancient, Antique, Archaic, Bygone, Clout, Dead, Gray, Lint, Musty, Obsolescent, Obsolete, Old, Olden, Pokey, Ragged, Shabby, Tacky, Timeworn, Wad), تااخرین نفس دنبال کردن . (various references)

   

French

  

réductions, réduction, diminution, délibérées. (various references)

   

German

  

auslaufen (be discontinued, come to a stop, discharge, drain, ease off, empty, escape, leak, leak out, leakage, put out, run, run out, sail, slow down), ablaufen (be up, comb, drain away, drain off, dry off, execute, expire, go off, lapse, pass, pass off, run, run away, run out, scour, unwind, walk off, walk over, wear down, wear out, wind down). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

καταβλημένοσ. (various references)

   

Italian

  

spiegazione (account, assertion, enlightenment, explanation, explication, exposition, legend), decorrere (become effective, elapse, expire, pass, run). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

挟殺 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

きょうさつ (taking another's opinion into consideration). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

감소 (Decrease, delete, Diminution, reducing, reduction). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

undownray

   

Romanian

  

dãrãpãnat (dilapidated, ramshackle, ruined, shattered, tumble down). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

уставший (all in, all out, sick), незаведенный, захудалый (crummy, mean). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

descargado (discharged), debilitado. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

utbränd (washed up). (various references)

   

Thai

  

บทสรุป (capitulation, digest). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Rundown

Derivations

Words beginning with "rundown": rundowns. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Rundown" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Raindown, Razdow, redown, Runcorne, runton. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Rundown"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "rundown" (pronounced ru"ndou'n)
5-u" n d ou' nsundown.
4-n d ou' nturndown.
3-d ou' nbreakdown, clampdown, closedown, comedown, countdown, crackdown, drawdown, godown, hoedown, knockdown, letdown, lockdown, lowdown, markdown, meltdown, putdown, shakedown, showdown, shutdown, slowdown, touchdown.

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Anagrams: Rundown

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-n-n-o-r-u-w"

-1 letter: unworn.

-2 letters: drown, round, unwon, wound.

-3 letters: dour, down, durn, duro, noun, nurd, undo, word, worn.

-4 letters: don, dor, dow, dun, duo, nod, nor, now, nun, oud, our, own, rod, row, run, udo, urd, urn, won, wud.

-5 letters: do, no, nu, od, on, or, ow, un, wo.

 Words containing the letters "d-n-n-o-r-u-w"
 

+1 letter: downturn, rundowns, turndown.

 

+2 letters: downturns, sundowner, turndowns, uncrowned.

 

+3 letters: sundowners.

 

+5 letters: untowardness, wondrousness.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Rundown


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 75 6E 64 6F 77 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-.    ..-    -.    -..    ---    .--.    -.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010010 01110101 01101110 01100100 01101111 01110111 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#117 &#110 &#100 &#111 &#119 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0075 006E 0064 006F 0077 006E

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

52878070818980

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Usage Frequency
10. Expressions
11. Expressions: Internet
12. Translations: Modern
13. Derivations
14. Rhymes
15. Anagrams
16. Orthography
17. Bibliography


  

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Sjinees, Chinees, kinez, ‏الصينية, ‏لغة الصين, ‏صيني, ‏الصيني أحد أبناء الصين, Chinu, китайски, Ininsik, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, kineser, kinesiskt, kinverskur, kiinalainen, Chinois, Sineesk, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, Kínverji, Sínis, cinese, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , 중국, Cina, Sheenish, Sheenagh, Hainamana, chines, Chińczyk, chinês, chinés, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, китайский, китаец, Saina, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, snesi, sneysi, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць, for Chinese;
Tsjeggies, Tsjeg, çek, ‏تشيكي, ‏اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, ‏التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, Checu, чешки, Sekoslovakyano, 捷克語 , 捷克语, 捷克 , èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tjekker, tjekke, Tsjech, Tsjechisch, tjekkiskt, t?ekkiläinen, tchèque, Tsjechysk, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, 체", Sheckagh, Sheckish, Czech, chèc, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка, người Séc tiếng Séc, for Czech;
Farsi, Parsi, persiskt, Fasi, for Farsi;
Franse taal, Frans, franceze, francez, frëngjisht, frëng, frëngjishte, ‏فرنسي, ‏اللغة الفرنسية, ‏الشعب الفرنسي, gall, френски език, френски, Pranses, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzština, francouzský, franskur, franskt, ranskalainen, français, Frânsk, französisch, γάλλοσ, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, צרפתי, צרפתית, francia, Fraincis, francese, フレコン化 , フランス" , 仏文 , 仏 , ふつぶ", フレンチ , フランセ , ふつ, "랑스, Perancis, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, frances, franses, francês, francezii, francezã, franţuzesc, franţuzeşte, французский, Falani, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, sí-Fulentji, fransk, franska, fransızca, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransız, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький, Ffrengig, isiFulentshi, for French;
Duits, Duitser, Duitse taal, Germaan, gjerman, ‏ضرب من الرقص, ‏جرماني, ‏المانية, ‏الماني, ‏اللغة الألمانية, роден, германски, немски език, немски, немец, готически, германец, 德語 , 德语, 德文 , 德國 , nìmecký, nìmec, tysker, Duitse, týskur, týskt, týskari, saksalainen, Allemand, Dútsk, Deutsche, Deutsch, "ερμανός, gjermanisht, 'רמ י, 'רמ ית, német, þjóðverji, þýskur, GearmÚnach, GearmÚinis, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, todesch, Germaanagh, Garmane, Germaanish, Carmane, aleman, Niemiec, niemiecki, alemão, alemand, neamţ, немецкий, Siamani, germanski, alemán, Tudesku, Doysri, mjeremani, mdachi, sí-Jalimáne, tysk, เยอรมัน, าษาเยอรมัน, Alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister, Almaenwr, isiJalimane, iliJalimane, iJalimane, for German;
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korean, ‏كوري شمالي, ‏اللغة الكورية, ‏كوري جنوبي, ‏كوري, Coreanu, корейски, корейски език, Koryano, 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , korejský, korejec, korejština, Koreaans, koreanskt, coréen, Koreaansk, koreanisch, Koreaner, κορεάτησ, κορεάτικοσ, koreai, 한국, koreano, coréia, a língua coreana, coreean, limba coreeanã, кореец, корейский, Kolea, korejski jezik, korejski, koreanac, coreano, koreansk, ชาวเกาหลี, kore'li, кореянка, коре"ць, корейська мова, корейський, người Triều tiên tiếng Triều tiên, for korean;
Roemeen, rumun, Rumanu, румънски език, румънски, румънец, Romanyan, 罗马尼亚语, rumunský, rumunština, rumæner, Roemeens, rumenskt, romanialainen, roumain, Roemeensk, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, 루마니아, Roomainagh, romeno, romanés, român, румын, румынский, rumunski, rumunski jezik, rumano, rumänsk, румунська мова, румун, румунський, румунка, for Romanian;
Russies, Rus, ‏الروسية, ‏روسي, ‏اللغة الروسية, Rusu, руски, руски език, руснак, Rusyan, 俄語 , 俄语, 俄文 , ruština, ruský, russer, russur, russiskt, venäläinen, Russysk, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, rússneskur, Rússi, Rúisis, russo, ロシア語 , ロシア", 러시아, Rooshish, Rooshagh, russisk, Rosjanin, русский, Lusia, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, sí-Rashîya, ryss, ชาวรัสเซีย, rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga, for Russian;
Spaans, Spaanse taal, spanjoll, ‏اللغة الأسبانية, ‏الأسبانية, ‏أسباني, испански език, испански, espanyoles, Espanyol, 西班牙语, 西班牙文 , 西班牙語 , španìlský, španìlština, spanskt, espanjalainen, espagnol, Spaansk, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, karaiñe'êmegua, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, SpÚinnis, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , 스페인, Spaainagh, Spaainish, spañó, espanhol, espanhòl, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, spaniol, испанский, Sipaniolo, španski jezik, španski, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyolca, ispanyol, іспанська мова, іспанський, for Spanish;
Sweeds, suedez, ‏اللغة السويدية, Suecu, шведски език, шведски, швед, Swedis, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, svenskt, ruotsalainen, suédois, Sweedsk, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, sænskur, Sualainnis, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", 스웨덴, Soolynish, Soolynagh, suèc, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển, for Swedish;
Tailandes, 泰國 , 泰文 , 泰国, 泰 , thailænder, Thailander, Thai, Thais, thailendskt, thaimaalainen, Thaïlandais, thailändisch, Thailänder, Ταϊλανδός· Ταϊλανδέζος, tailandese, 泰語 , たい", 타이 말, tailandês, tailandés, thailändare, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, คนไทย, Taylandlı, Tayland Dili, Tayland, Tai Dili, Та"ць, Тайська Мова, Тайський, for Thai;