exertion
UK/ɪɡˈzɜːʃən//ɪɡˈzɝʃən/
exertion noun: an expenditure of physical or mental effort.
Noun
exertion (countable and uncountable, plural exertions)
- An expenditure of physical or mental effort.
- Again she felt a return of that utter despondency which had fallen upon her after Guido's death: but then she could indulge in it unmolested, and that was something of relief: now she was forced into exertion, that sort of exertion of all the most tiresome, because the least interesting...1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXX, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 246
- Liverpool have looked a little jaded from their exertions in recent weeks and there was an air of desperation about their attempts to restore equality in the closing minutes in the face of the experience and game management of opponents who are time-served masters of the Champions League art.2022 May 28, Phil McCulty, “Liverpool 0-1 Real Madrid”, in BBC Sport
exertion meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
exertion in Hindi
- exertion, diligence; readiness, expertness
- चेटक ceṭak
- exertion
- ज़ोर zor
exertion in Tamil
- கடுமுயற்சி, நெருக்குதல், விரை செயல், மிகுமுயற்சி, வெகுமுயற்சி, மெனக்கெடல்
exertion in Urdu
- exertion, stress
- زور zor
exertion in Bengali
- exertion, fatigue, rigour
- শ্রম srom
More languagesFewer languages
- exertion in Telugu
- శ్రమము śramamu, వ్యాయామము vyāyāmamu
- exertion in Malayalam
- അദ്ധ്വാനം addhvānaṁ, പ്രയത്നം prayatnaṁ
- exertion in Kannada
- ಹೂಣಿಕೆ, ಶ್ರಮ, ದುಡಿತ, ಧಾವತಿ
- exertion in Odia
- ପରାକ୍ରମ parākrama
- exertion in Sanskrit
- घटना ghaṭanā, श्रम śráma, व्यायाम vyāyāmá, योग yóga
Examples of exertion in a sentence
- He is pro exercise but against physical exertion, quite a conundrum.
- The heat was stifling; it seemed hard to breathe and the exertion of rolling over on the bed seemed too much.
- Distressed jeans bear all the signs of exertion, while the consumer never has to lift a finger.
Forms of exertion
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Words formed from exertion
Questions about exertion
- What does exertion mean?
- Exertion means an expenditure of physical or mental effort.
- What is exertion in Hindi?
- Exertion in Hindi is चेटक (ceṭak), ज़ोर (zor). See Exertion meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is exertion?
- Exertion is a noun.
- How do you pronounce exertion?
- Exertion is pronounced /ɪɡˈzɝʃən/ (US).
- What is the plural of exertion?
- The plural of exertion is exertions.
Words near exertion in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: exertion (page history and authors); चेटक (Hindi) (page history and authors); exertion (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); زور (Urdu) (page history and authors); শ্রম (Bengali) (page history and authors); వ్యాయామము (Telugu) (page history and authors); exertion (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ପରାକ୍ରମ (Odia) (page history and authors); घटना (Sanskrit) (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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