Synonym: contest, race, relay. Similar words: fathom, at home, bathos, a thought, Catholic, camaraderie, rather, wrath. Meaning: ['mærəθɑn /-θən] 
n. 1. any long and arduous undertaking 2. a footrace of 26 miles 385 yards 3. a battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians.
n. 1. any long and arduous undertaking 2. a footrace of 26 miles 385 yards 3. a battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians. 
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31. She's having another try at the marathon.
32. People make marathon journeys to buy glass here.
33. Many of the marathon runners compete in fancy dress.
34. He's hoping to compete in the London marathon.
35. She won the gold medal in the women's marathon at this year's Olympic Games.
36. Silva is favoured to win a medal in the marathon.
37. Running a marathon is seen by many as the ultimate test of endurance.
38. It takes a lot of stamina to run a marathon.
39. The election broadcast, a nine-hour marathon, lasts until seven o'clock in the morning.
40. A new world marathon record of 2 hrs, 8 min, 5 sec, was set by Stephen Jones of Great Britain.
41. Brenda spends two hours a day training for the marathon.
42. A thirty-nine-year-old competitor collapsed half-way through the marathon and died shortly afterwards.
43. Runners will be pounding the pavement this weekend during the London Marathon.
44. She counts among the top ten marathon runners in the country.
45. Most of the runners in the London Marathon are raising money for charity.
46. We finished the job but it was quite a marathon.
47. Her time for the marathon was just under three hours.
48. I had a marathon session marking 55 exam papers yesterday.
49. She managed to head the field across the finishing line of the London Marathon.
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50. I'm not going to run the marathon just to prove a point.
51. The coach clocked his men for each one thousand metres while they ran Marathon.
52. There is always a strange collection of runners in the London Marathon.
53. At the age of 45, she finally fulfilled her ambition to run a marathon.
54. It's one thing being able to run fast, but quite another to win a marathon.
55. His first attempt to run a marathon ended in disaster.
56. Grandad might be 70 but he said he'd finish the marathon and, by golly, he did.
57. No surprise breaks of serve, no marathon games.
58. How many runners are competing in the Boston Marathon?
59. He is still dreaming of running the good marathon.
60. Tom is also a keen marathon runner.
More similar words: fathom, at home, bathos, a thought, Catholic, camaraderie, rather, wrath, at home and abroad, or rather, separate, apparatus, smell a rat, rather than, reparation, separatism, separation, preparation, preparatory, comparatively, exhilaration, separate from, declaration of independence, honor, phone, phony, honour, honest, touch on, dishonor.