gym
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1.0
- noun
- /dʒɪm/
:
gimnasio
- I got a gym membership this past spring, and I've been trying really hard to lose all this weight.
- go to the gym
- gym class
- gym shoes
Look after yourself, go to the gym, eat well, sleep well.
- Look after yourself, go to the gym, eat well, sleep well.
- The boys are in the gym, I am upstairs.
- If I thrash myself in the gym, I'm a hero, right?
- Apparently going to the gym has been slowing me down.
- So I did that, started working in a gym, great.
- So we went to the gym, went back home.
- People spend more time at the gyms doing cardio than they ever have.
- Sweaty gym T-shirt, sweaty gym socks, wash bag.
- I feel like college is like the gym, but it's opposite.
- I did that, George, in the gym, changing rooms by myself.
Examples
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After viewing the videotape, the students moved to the gym to participate in a practical lab experience.
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I have to get ready to go to the gym, so yeah, let's go.
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Look after yourself, go to the gym, eat well, sleep well.
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So we went to the gym, went back home.
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One day at the end of gym class, I was a senior.
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So I did that, started working in a gym, great.
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And I worked at my school gym as a front desk person.
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You saw me at the gym.
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I will see you in the gym.
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I usually go to the gym every morning to work out.
Synonyms
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3.3
A large indoor room where people exercise and play sports
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3.2
A place for sports and exercise like a gym or stadium
Compounds
How Well Equipped
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word gym is short for gymnasium, from the Greek root gymnos meaning 'naked', because in ancient Greece people often trained without clothes. That's why gym now means a place for physical exercise and training, and you can see the same root in gymnast.