Dictionary

exertion en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɪɡˈzɜːʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɪɡˈzɝʃən/ (General-American)
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Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) 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:

Forms

Deriveds

systemic exertion intolerance disease · nonexertion · postexertional · exertional · inexertion · exertionless · overexertion

Relateds

exert

Translations (44)

oc esfòrç (the action of exerting) · cs úsilí (the action of exerting) · de Anstrengung (the action of exerting) · de Strapaze (the action of exerting) · it fatica (the action of exerting) · pdt Aunstrenjunk (the action of exerting) · fr effort (the action of exerting) · la opera (the action of exerting) · ml അദ്ധ്വാനം (the action of exerting) · de Anspannung (the action of exerting) · ka ძალვა (the action of exerting) · ga stró (the action of exerting) · kmr têkoşîn (the action of exerting) · grc συντονία (the action of exerting) · grc κόπος (the action of exerting) · cs námaha (the action of exerting) · cmn 竭尽全力 (the action of exerting) · bg усилие (the action of exerting) · it sforzo (the action of exerting) · mi titina (the action of exerting) · ml പ്രയത്നം (the action of exerting) · la mōlīmentum (the action of exerting) · de Mühe (the action of exerting) · pt esforço (the action of exerting) · es esfuerzo (the action of exerting) · la mōlīmen (the action of exerting) · de Kraftanstrengung (the action of exerting) · cs namáhání se (the action of exerting) · kmr hewl (the action of exerting) · nl inspanning (the action of exerting) · ru уси́лие (the action of exerting) · mk на́пор (the action of exerting) · de Betätigung (the action of exerting) · fi ponnistus (the action of exerting) · bg напрягане (the action of exerting) · es ejercitación (the action of exerting) · de Ausübung (the action of exerting) · es ejercicio (the action of exerting) · sv ansträngning (the action of exerting) · gl esforzo (the action of exerting) · kmr cehd (the action of exerting) · fr dépense (the action of exerting) · de Belastung (the action of exerting) · eo streĉo (the action of exerting)