exertion

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əɡˈzɝʃən/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

exertion (countable and uncountable, plural exertions)

1. An expenditure of physical or mental effort.
   • 1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Francesca Carrara, volume 3, page 246:

     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...

Related terms

• exert

Translations

the action of exerting

• Bulgarian: напрягане (bg) n (naprjagane), усилие (bg) n (usilie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 竭尽全力 (zh) (jiéjìnquánlì)

• Dutch: inspanning (nl) f
• Finnish: ponnistus (fi)
• French: effort (fr) m, dépense (fr) f
• Galician: esforzo m
• Georgian: ძალვა (ʒalva) (technical term)
• German: Anstrengung (de) f, Kraftanstrengung (de) f, Anspannung (de) f, Ausübung (de) f, Strapaze (de) f, Betätigung (de) f, Belastung (de) f, Mühe (de) f
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• Greek:

  Ancient: κόπος m (kópos)

• Irish: stró m
• Italian: sforzo (it) m, fatica (it) f
• Latin: mōlīmen n, mōlīmentum n, opera (la) f
• Maori: titina, titina
• Occitan: esfòrç (oc) m
• Plautdietsch: Aunstrenjunk f
• Portuguese: esforço (pt) m
• Russian: уси́лие (ru) n (usílije)
• Spanish: esfuerzo (es) m
• Swedish: ansträngning (sv) c