English Explanatory Dictionary

ran

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. simple past of run
  2. simple past of rin
  3. past participle of run
noun
  1. Yarns coiled on a spun-yarn winch.
name
  1. Initialism of Royal Australian Navy
noun
  1. Initialism of radio access network (“the underlying physical connection method for a radio based communication network”).
name
  1. A male given name from Hebrew.
name
  1. A female given name from Japanese.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

răn /ɹæn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Pvanp7-ran.wav en-us-ran.ogg en-au-RAN.ogg

Word forms

ran

Etymology

From Hebrew רָן (ran).

Related words

on the ran tan RAAF RN RCN RNZN
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