Explore Rundown through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like summation or summary. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Rundown meaning
- A rough outline of a topic or situation.
- A summary of the horses to be raced on a particular day, with their weights, jockeys, odds, etc.
- A defensive play in which the runner is caught between two fielders, who steadily converge to tag the runner out.
Using Rundown
- The main meaning on this page is: A rough outline of a topic or situation. | A summary of the horses to be raced on a particular day, with their weights, jockeys, odds, etc. | A defensive play in which the runner is caught between two fielders, who steadily converge to tag the runner out.
- Useful related words include: summation, summing up, summary, sum-up.
- In the example corpus, rundown often appears in combinations such as: rundown of, here rundown, the rundown.
Context around Rundown
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 12 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Rundown
- In this selection, "rundown" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, quick, clear, 1960s, housing, electricity and abandoned stand out and add context to how "rundown" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a brief rundown of lost and a quick rundown of the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "rundown" sits close to words such as acquaintance, allocating and amphibious, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with rundown
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Firstly, a brief rundown of lost media. (7 words)
He has a rundown in his Dine 909. (8 words)
Here’s a quick rundown on the specs. (8 words)
But not just any blooper reel – we're talking about a chance to see how The Gang takes those golden screw-ups and spins them into comedic magic – and now we have Season 14 to add to our rundown. (39 words)
French energy giant TotalEnergies announced Wednesday an agreement with Iraq on a long-delayed $10 billion project to improve the country's rundown electricity grid after resolving disputes over the terms of the deal. (34 words)
After that, Houck drew a soft grounder that led to Torres being caught in a rundown between third and home, and he drew another groundout from Peraza to finish the outing strong. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
A city attorney this week filed the initial paperwork to begin a condemnation action against 238 North St., a rundown and vacant apartment building between Willow and Oak streets.
After that, Houck drew a soft grounder that led to Torres being caught in a rundown between third and home, and he drew another groundout from Peraza to finish the outing strong.
And given how sharp things were in the Champions League one, there shouldn't be too much messing about beyond a quick rundown of the procedure.
And while we don’t have tons of details for these upcoming projects, one slide does give a pretty clear rundown of what fans can expect from the standalone Venom game.
A redevelopment of the 1960s, rundown housing complex near the former Colt manufacturing complex is now expected to break ground by late summer.
But not just any blooper reel – we're talking about a chance to see how The Gang takes those golden screw-ups and spins them into comedic magic – and now we have Season 14 to add to our rundown.
Corbijn gives us a rundown of his career as a film director, his work with a number of iconic musical artists, and what first inspired him to pick up a camera.
Croydon Park Hotel, once a four-star, 200-room establishment but now empty and rundown, is about to be demolished.
Firstly, a brief rundown of lost media.
French energy giant TotalEnergies announced Wednesday an agreement with Iraq on a long-delayed $10 billion project to improve the country's rundown electricity grid after resolving disputes over the terms of the deal.
From a revitalized “Camelot” to the Pulitzer Prize-winning “Fat Ham,” a rundown of everything you need to know.
He has a rundown in his Dine 909.
Here’s a quick rundown on the specs.
Jason brings Tim to his hideout—it’s a rundown, abandoned building with security controlled by a red laptop in the lobby.
Johannesburg fire: Scores killed as fire guts rundown apartment blockreuters.
Miguel Rojas singled in one run and rounded first base aggressively, prompting the Reds to get him into a rundown and draw Taylor down the line from third.
Much of Bowman's speech was a rundown of her criticisms of recent Fed regulatory proposals and rule-making on bank capital, community lending requirements, and climate risks.
Once a rundown pizza shop, Solodko now offers the neighborhood an “operational food business” that fosters valuable “connections with the locals,” Ilona Znakharchuk said.
Regarding rundown properties, Murphy said the board should look at enforcement and fines that are not under a secondary homeowners’ association.
That’s especially true if you’re feeling rundown or overwhelmed.
Common combinations with rundown
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- rundown of 81×
- here rundown 19×
- the rundown 18×
- rundown on 16×
- in rundown 11×
- full rundown 10×
- and rundown 9×
- quick rundown 7×
- is rundown 7×
- our rundown 6×