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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /əgˈzɝʃən/
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-exertion.ogg


Noun

  1. The action of exerting; effort; action requiring physical strength.


Translations

  • Portuguese:

et:exertion fr:exertion io:exertion ku:exertion hu:exertion ru:exertion fi:exertion ta:exertion te:exertion vi:exertion

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Exertion \Ex*er"tion\, n.
The act of exerting, or putting into motion or action; the
active exercise of any power or faculty; an effort, esp. a
laborious or perceptible effort; as, an exertion of strength
or power; an exertion of the limbs or of the mind; it is an
exertion for him to move, to-day.

Syn: Attempt; endeavor; effort; essay; trial. See Attempt.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet exertion
n : use of physical or mental energy; hard work; "he got an A
for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion"
[syn: effort, elbow grease, travail, sweat]
Moby Dictionary
action , active use , activity , appliance , application , assiduity ,
assiduousness , consumption , determination , diligence , drive ,
effort , elbow grease , employ , employment , endeavor , exercise ,
exercising , good use , hard pull , hard usage , hard use , ill use ,
industry , misuse , operation , pains , push , resolution , rough usage ,
sedulity , sedulousness , strain , striving , struggle , toil , trouble ,
usage , use , using up , while , work , wrong use


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