Join free

ran

English · Español · Français · Deutsch · Tiếng Việt · Thesaurus

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

ran¹

  • /ɹæn/ UK
  • /ɹan/ British, Northern England, Southern
  • /ɾan/ Scotland, UK, Wales
  • /ɹæn/ US
  • [ɹɛən] US
  • /ɹæːn/ Australia
  • /ɹɛn/ New Zealand

Rhymes with -æn

verb

  1. past simple past of run
  2. past simple past of rin
  3. colloquial, nonstandard, participle, past past participle of run […]rather to convince the Underſtanding, than to be eaſily capable of being anſwered ; excuſing your ſelf that you have ran into an Error, ſo foreign as you have declared from your Intention,[…]

ran²

  • /ɹæn/ UK
  • /ɹan/ British, Northern England, Southern
  • /ɾan/ Scotland, UK, Wales
  • /ɹæn/ US
  • [ɹɛən] US
  • /ɹæːn/ Australia
  • /ɹɛn/ New Zealand

Rhymes with -æn

noun

  1. uncountable Yarns coiled on a spun-yarn winch.

RAN³

proper noun

  1. Australia, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Royal Australian Navy

noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of radio access network (“the underlying physical connection method for a radio based communication network”).

Ran⁴

Where it comes from

From Hebrew רָן (ran).

proper noun

  1. A male given name from Hebrew.

Ran⁵

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Japanese らん/蘭.

proper noun

  1. A female given name from Japanese.

Ran⁶

proper noun

  1. A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: went, got, undertook, took, arose, blew, sank, gave, did, threw, came, flee, hurried, escaped, rushed, dropped

Talk about this word

Cite this
MLA

"ran." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ran. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

ran. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ran

Chicago

"ran." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ran.

BibTeX
@misc{ran_2026,
  title = {ran},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ran},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}