readathonn.

Brit.

/ˈriːdəθɒn/, U.S.

/ˈridəˌθɑn/

Forms: 1900s– read-a-thon, 1900s– read-athon, 1900s– readathon.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: read v., -athon comb. form.

Etymology: < read v. + -athon comb. form.

Originally U.S.

A protracted period of reading. In later use also: (a proprietary name for) a fund-raising event in which participants (usually children) collect donations based on the amount of reading they complete in a specified period of time.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > reading > [noun] > protracted session of reading, esp. by a group

readathon1936

1936 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 3 Jan. 5/2 The Rev. Mr. Stanford is acting as master of ceremonies at the ‘readathon’.

1968 Telegraph (Brisbane) 26 Aug. 5/1 The chairman of the British and Foreign Bible Society..will start a 70-hour Bible readathon at 8 o'clock tonight.

1981 Tuscaloosa (Alabama) News 26 Mar. 11 A month-long read-a-thon..in which each child obtained sponsors and pledges for each book he or she read.

1998 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 19 Feb. 22/2 I was able, in a 24-hour readathon, to gulp down War and Peace at one sitting.

2002 B. Creemers et al. World Class Schools xi. 208 Each year a fund-raising ‘Readathon’ is completed (with funds raised going to the school and a national charity).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	readathon
释义	readathonn. Brit. /ˈriːdəθɒn/, U.S. /ˈridəˌθɑn/ Forms: 1900s– read-a-thon, 1900s– read-athon, 1900s– readathon. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: read v., -athon comb. form. Etymology: < read v. + -athon comb. form. Originally U.S. A protracted period of reading. In later use also: (a proprietary name for) a fund-raising event in which participants (usually children) collect donations based on the amount of reading they complete in a specified period of time. ΘΚΠ society > communication > reading > [noun] > protracted session of reading, esp. by a group readathon1936 1936 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 3 Jan. 5/2 The Rev. Mr. Stanford is acting as master of ceremonies at the ‘readathon’. 1968 Telegraph (Brisbane) 26 Aug. 5/1 The chairman of the British and Foreign Bible Society..will start a 70-hour Bible readathon at 8 o'clock tonight. 1981 Tuscaloosa (Alabama) News 26 Mar. 11 A month-long read-a-thon..in which each child obtained sponsors and pledges for each book he or she read. 1998 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 19 Feb. 22/2 I was able, in a 24-hour readathon, to gulp down War and Peace at one sitting. 2002 B. Creemers et al. World Class Schools xi. 208 Each year a fund-raising ‘Readathon’ is completed (with funds raised going to the school and a national charity). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1936
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