aanloop
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch aenloop. Deverbal from aanlopen, equivalent to aan + loop.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]aanloop m (plural aanlopen, diminutive aanloopje n)
- run-up (approach run)
- Zij nam een aanloop en waagde de sprong. ― She did a run-up and risked the jump.
- run-up (period of time before an event)
- aanloop naar de verkiezingen — run-up to the elections
- (grammar) an element, usually an interjection or subordinate clause, preceding the main clause
- (obsolete) attack, charge (attack in which opponents charge at one another)
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