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Meanings

long-distance relay race

abbreviation

Abbreviation of 駅伝競走. Refers to a road relay race, especially the famous Hakone Ekiden. Each runner covers a leg of the course.

〈人ひと〉が駅えき伝でんに出しゅつ場じょうするfor someone to take part in an ekiden race
彼かれは大だい学がくの駅えき伝でんに出しゅつ場じょうすることになった。
He ended up taking part in his university's ekiden race.
駅えき伝でんでたすきをつなぐto pass the sash to the next runner in an ekiden
最さい終しゅうランナーにたすきをつないで、チームは優ゆう勝しょうした。
The sash was passed to the final runner, and the team won.
駅えき伝でんの区く間かんを走はしるto run one's leg of an ekiden race
彼かの女じょは駅えき伝でんの最もっとも長ながい区く間かんを走はしった。
She ran the longest leg of the ekiden race.

駅えき伝でん競きょう走そう sense 1
駅伝競走 is the full, formal name for the race, while 駅伝 is the common abbreviation used in everyday speech and news.
リレー sense 1
リレー is the general loanword for any relay race (e.g. track, swimming), whereas 駅伝 specifically means a long-distance road relay between towns or landmarks.
マラソンN3
駅伝 is a team relay race run in stages by multiple runners, whereas マラソン is an individual long-distance race.
ロードレース
駅伝 is a relay-style long-distance road race with multiple runners, while ロードレース can refer to a single-runner or single-rider road race.

Abbreviation of 駅伝競走, from 駅 (station) and 伝 (transmit), referring to the historical relay system of post stations and horses.