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exertions

/əɡˈzɝʃən/

exertions is the plural of exertion.

Meaning of exertion

Noun

exertion (countable and uncountable, plural exertions)

  1. 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

Questions about exertions

What is exertions the plural of?
Exertions is the plural of exertion.
How do you pronounce exertions?
Exertions is pronounced /əɡˈzɝʃən/.

Words near exertions in the dictionary

  1. exerting
  2. exertion
  3. exertional
  4. exertionally
  5. exertionless
  6. exertions
  7. exertive
  8. exertment
  9. exertments
  10. exerts
  11. exes

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