exert
UK/ɪɡˈzɜːt//ɪɡˈzɝt/
exert verb: to make use of, to apply, especially of something nonmaterial; to bring to bear.
Verb
exert (third-person singular simple present exerts, present participle exerting, simple past and past participle exerted)
- To make use of, to apply, especially of something nonmaterial; to bring to bear.
- He considered exerting his influence on John to gain an advantage for himself.
- Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC
- To put in vigorous action.
- I exerted myself in today's training.
- Synonyms:
- extend
exert meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
exert in Tamil
- நெருக்கு, முயற்சி செய், முக்கு
exert in Urdu
- دم لگانا, زور دینا
exert in Bengali
- প্রয়োগ করা
exert in Malayalam
- ചെലുത്തുക, അദ്ധ്വാനിക്കുക
More languagesFewer languages
- exert in Kannada
- ಹೂಣಿಸು
Examples of exert in a sentence
- The hypnotist exerted a pull over his patients.
- Vision exerts the most widely recognized nonacoustical influence on apparent sound position.
- The introvert is everted by hydraulic pressure exerted by contraction of body muscles on the coelomic fluid.
Synonyms of exert
Forms of exert
| third-person singular present | exerts |
|---|---|
| present participle | exerting |
| past participle | exerted |
| past | exerted |
Origin of exert
From Latin exsertus, past participle of exserō (“to stretch or thrust forth or out”), from ex- + serō (“to string together”).
Words formed from exert
Words that rhyme with exert
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- pervert
- advert
- alert
- divert
- inert
- avert
- concert
- deconvert
- girt
- lirt
- shirt
- spurt
- subvert
- vert
- wort
- blurt
- chert
- curt
- desert
- dessert
- introvert
- Leaving Cert
- overt
- red alert
- sturt
- wert
- ambivert
- ambiverts
- apert
- Baie Verte
- begirt
- BERT
- birt
- dissert
- extrovert
- gert
- gurt
- insert
- Kurt
- pirate shirt
- poet shirt
- puffball skirt
- quirt
- reassert
- smirt
- unalert
- unhurt
- wedding shirt
Questions about exert
- What does exert mean?
- Exert means to make use of, to apply, especially of something nonmaterial; to bring to bear.
- What is exert in Tamil?
- Exert in Tamil is நெருக்கு, முயற்சி செய், முக்கு. See Exert meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is exert?
- Exert is a verb.
- How do you pronounce exert?
- Exert is pronounced /ɪɡˈzɝt/ (US).
- What is the past tense of exert?
- The past tense of exert is exerted.
Words near exert in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: exert (page history and authors); exert (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); exert (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); exert (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); exert (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); exert (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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