exhaustion

English

Noun

exhaustion (usually uncountable; plural exhaustions)

1. The point of complete depletion, of the state of being used up.

   We worked the mine to exhaustion, there's nothing left to extract.

2. Supreme tiredness; having exhausted energy.

   I ran in the marathon to exhaustion, then I collapsed and had to be carried away.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:fatigue

Derived terms

• proof by exhaustion

Related terms

• exhaust

Translations

point of complete depletion

Bulgarian: изчерпване (bg) n. Czech: vyčerpání (cs) n. Dutch: uitputting (nl) f. Finnish: ehtyminen, loppuminen

French: épuisement (fr) m. Greek: εξάντληση (el) (exántlisi) f. Russian: истощение (ru) n., выработка (ru) f. Tagalog: sobrang pagod (tl)

supreme tiredness; having exhausted energy

Bulgarian: изтощение (bg) n. Czech: vyčerpání (cs) n. Dutch: uitputting (nl) f. Finnish: nääntymys (fi), uupumus (fi), väsymys (fi) French: harassement (fr) m., épuisement (fr) m.

Greek: εξάντληση (el) (exántlisi) f. Portuguese: Exaustão (pt) f. Russian: истощение (ru) n., изнеможение (ru) n., изнурение (ru) n. Tagalog: sobrang pagod (tl)