gymnasium
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3.3
- noun
- /dʒɪmˈneɪziəm/
:
gimnasio
- The local community center features a large gymnasium for basketball and volleyball.
- school gymnasium
- gymnasium floor
- gymnasium session
This town has a Sheriff's Office and a gymnasium and a library.
- This town has a Sheriff's Office and a gymnasium and a library.
- So it seems especially appropriate that it's taking place in the former Radcliffe Gymnasium.
- And I was in the gymnasium and there was basketball practice and the Polish coach of the team came over to me and said, do you want to join in?
- Look, it was like they, it was almost like in a gymnasium, but they had made a comedy club in there.
- And it was in like a, a large gymnasium, simple place.
- But obviously since the lockdown happened, gymnasiums was closed.
- They turn their entire house into just like a like a fucking cat cat gymnasium.
- So I before I had a house, I had a gymnasium and so I spent all my childhood in the gymnasium.
Examples
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There will be a meeting held at the high school gymnasium at 6:00 p. m… …to discuss the evacuation of Dante's Peak.
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There will be an assembly in the gymnasium now.
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All junior girls report to the gymnasium immediately!
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Mom paid off the school and now the gymnasium is named after us.
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So how long do you need the gymnasium for?
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Sessions were held in the school gymnasium during normally scheduled physical education classes.
Academic text (1995) -
All subjects reported to the gymnasium where all tests were administered by trained investigators.
Academic text (1990) -
And I was in the gymnasium and there was basketball practice and the Polish coach of the team came over to me and said, do you want to join in?
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Around 10 P.M. on Friday, February 27, Gary Searle died in the gymnasium at Middletown High School.
Fiction book (2002) -
The students gathered in the gymnasium for their physical education class.
Synonyms
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1.0
A place with machines and space for exercise and classes
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2.9
A large building with seats where people watch sports or concerts
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2.5
A large indoor building with seats for people to watch sports like basketball or hockey
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3.2
A place for sports and exercise like a gym or stadium
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3.6
A large indoor building for sports and training with space for spectators
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Etymology
Gymnasium comes from the Greek roots gymnos meaning 'naked' and gymnazein meaning 'to exercise', because people in ancient Greece trained with few clothes. The common short word gym is from the same root, so a gymnasium is a place for sports and training.