Meanings
plural exertions
- countableuncountableAn 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 2461 more example
Liverpool have looked a little jaded from their exertions in recent weeks and there was an air of desperation about their attempts to restore equality in the closing minutes in the face of the experience and game management of opponents who are time-served masters of the Champions League art.
2022 May 28, Phil McCulty, “Liverpool 0-1 Real Madrid”, in BBC Sport
Synonyms & antonyms
nounuse of physical or mental energy; hard work
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek κόπος, συντονία
- κόπος (kópos)the action of exerting
- συντονία (suntonía)the action of exerting
Bulgarian напрягане, усилие
- напрягане (naprjagane)the action of exerting
- усилие (usilie)the action of exerting
Chinese Mandarin 竭尽全力
- 竭尽全力 (jiéjìnquánlì)the action of exerting
Czech úsilí, námaha
- úsilíthe action of exerting
- námahathe action of exerting
- namáhání sethe action of exerting
Dutch inspanning
- inspanningthe action of exerting
Esperanto streĉo
- streĉothe action of exerting
Finnish ponnistus
- ponnistusthe action of exerting
French effort, dépense
- effortthe action of exerting
- dépensethe action of exerting
German Anstrengung, Kraftanstrengung
- Anstrengungthe action of exerting
- Kraftanstrengungthe action of exerting
- Anspannungthe action of exerting
- Ausübungthe action of exerting
- Strapazethe action of exerting
- Betätigungthe action of exerting
- Belastungthe action of exerting
- Mühethe action of exerting
Irish stró
- stróthe action of exerting
Italian sforzo, fatica
- sforzothe action of exerting
- faticathe action of exerting
Latin mōlīmen, mōlīmentum
- mōlīmenthe action of exerting
- mōlīmentumthe action of exerting
- operathe action of exerting
Māori titina
- titinathe action of exerting
Portuguese esforço
- esforçothe action of exerting
Russian уси́лие
- уси́лие (usílije)the action of exerting
Spanish esfuerzo, ejercicio
- esfuerzothe action of exerting
- ejerciciothe action of exerting
- ejercitaciónthe action of exerting
Swedish ansträngning
- ansträngningthe action of exerting
Cite this entry
exertion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exertion
“exertion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exertion. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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