gym

CEFRB1

/d͡ʒɪm/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A room or building for exercise and sports.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A sports facility specialized for lifting weights, cardio machines, and other exercise (culturally differentiated from sense 1).

Examples

  • The picnic was held in the gym on account of the rain.

  • The school has recently built a new gym.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4
Synonyms
3

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Clipping of gymnastics, often as sense 4.

  2. Clipping of gymnasium; especially, a school gymnasium.

  3. Physical education class (PE class).

More examples

In context

  • The students have an excellent gym at their disposal.

  • Gym is my favourite period in this school.

  • I'm off to the gym for my pilates class.

Synonyms

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