Čo znamená sprint v angličtine a aká je definícia sprint?

V tomto najautoritatívnejšom anglickom slovníku sa môžete naučiť sprint výslovnosť, gramatika a synonymá.

sprint Význam & definícia

0 to run as fast as you can over a short distance, either in a race or because you are in a great hurry to get somewhere:
- We had to sprint to catch the bus.
1 a short and very fast race, such as the 100 metres, or the last part of a longer race that is run as fast as possible:
- the 100-metre sprint
- He suddenly broke into (= started) a sprint.
2 to run very fast esp. for a short distance, either as a competitor in a sport or because you are in a hurry to get somewhere:
- Clark sprinted past Smith and caught the ball in the end zone.
- He sprinted off to meet his girlfriend.
3 a short race run at full speed, or any short period of fast running

Why say that they ran and then say that they sprinted?
The police sprinted after the criminal.
The set of individuals who sprint could be said to be included in the set of individuals who run.
Sprint is one of the major phone companies that advertise in lobbies.
The original passage uses irony in the penultimate paragraph when the writer describes the 'astonishing sprint finish' that is unlikely from the exhausted participant.
Response to sprint exercise in the greyhound: effects on hematology, serum biochemistry and muscle metabolites.
He was even known occasionally to sprint on the spot.
A country sprinting ahead at the moment may not last the pace.