marathon

Other forms of marathon

plural

marathons·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about marathon

What does marathon mean?

marathon means "any long and arduous undertaking". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in marathon?

marathon has 3 syllables: mar-a-thon. The stress falls on "mar". In IPA it is /ˈmɛɹəˌθɑn/.

What is another word for marathon?

Close synonyms include endurance contest, battle of Marathon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is marathon a common word?

marathon is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.