-athon: Meaning and Definition of

-athon

Pronunciation: [key]
  1. a suffix extracted fromoccurring as the final element in compounds which have the general sense “an event, as a sale or contest, drawn out to unusual length, often until a prearranged goal, as the contribution of a certain amount of money, is reached”: walkathon; readathon.
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