run by

Verb

Meaning

pass by while running

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

describe explain inform enlighten share with led by make aware regulated by controlled by governed by administrated by explain to fulfilled by directed by managed by
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Antonyms

hide from keep unaware refrain from telling conceal something from hide something from keep clueless
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Hypernyms

pass surpass go-by pass by go past travel by

Related terms

fly by drive by sail by

Examples

We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely. E. O. Wilson

Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it. John Lennon

You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving. Anatole France

This land is your land and this land is my land, sure, but the world is run by those that never listen to music anyway. Bob Dylan

This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, there's a layer of people who run everything. But we - we're just peasants. We don't understand what's going on, and we can't do anything. Doris Lessing

It is a mistake to think that we can control the breeding of mankind in the long run by an appeal to conscience. Garrett Hardin

Close letter words and terms

run batted in run behind run book run chase run circles around run circles round