Exertion Meaning
/ɪɡˈzɝʃən/, /ɪɡˈzɜːʃən/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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nounAn 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:
Sentence Examples
After much exertion, he was exhausted.
CEFR Practice Quiz
After hours of physical ____, he collapsed onto the couch.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
After several hours of vigorous physical ____, he felt tired but very satisfied.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After hours of physical ____, he collapsed onto the couch.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
After several hours of vigorous physical ____, he felt tired but very satisfied.