"exertion" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əɡˈzɝʃən/ Audio: en-us-exertion.ogg Forms: exertions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} exertion (countable and uncountable, plural exertions)
  1. An expenditure of physical or mental effort. Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: systemic exertion intolerance disease Related terms: exert Translations (the action of exerting): κόπος (kópos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), συντονία (suntonía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), напрягане (naprjagane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), усилие (usilie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 竭尽全力 (jiéjìnquánlì) (Chinese Mandarin), inspanning [feminine] (Dutch), ponnistus (Finnish), effort [masculine] (French), dépense [feminine] (French), esforzo [masculine] (Galician), ძალვა (ʒalva) (english: technical term) (Georgian), Anstrengung [feminine] (German), Kraftanstrengung [feminine] (German), Anspannung [feminine] (German), Ausübung [feminine] (German), Strapaze [feminine] (German), Betätigung [feminine] (German), Belastung [feminine] (German), Mühe [feminine] (German), stró [masculine] (Irish), sforzo [masculine] (Italian), fatica [feminine] (Italian), mōlīmen [neuter] (Latin), mōlīmentum [neuter] (Latin), opera [feminine] (Latin), на́пор (nápor) [masculine] (Macedonian), അദ്ധ്വാനം (addhvānaṁ) (Malayalam), പ്രയത്നം (prayatnaṁ) (Malayalam), titina (Maori), têkoşîn [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), hewl [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), cehd [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), esfòrç [masculine] (Occitan), Aunstrenjunk [feminine] (Plautdietsch), esforço [masculine] (Portuguese), уси́лие (usílije) [neuter] (Russian), esfuerzo [masculine] (Spanish), ansträngning [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fatica"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "the action of exerting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "têkoşîn"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "the action of exerting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hewl"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "the action of exerting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cehd"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "the action of exerting",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "mōlīmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "the action of exerting",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "mōlīmentum"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "the action of exerting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "opera"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nápor",
      "sense": "the action of exerting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "на́пор"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "addhvānaṁ",
      "sense": "the action of exerting",
      "word": "അദ്ധ്വാനം"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "prayatnaṁ",
      "sense": "the action of exerting",
      "word": "പ്രയത്നം"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "the action of exerting",
      "word": "titina"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "the action of exerting",
      "word": "titina"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "the action of exerting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "esfòrç"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "the action of exerting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Aunstrenjunk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the action of exerting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "esforço"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "usílije",
      "sense": "the action of exerting",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "уси́лие"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the action of exerting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "esfuerzo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the action of exerting",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ansträngning"
    }
  ],
  "word": "exertion"
}

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