EXERT


Meaning of EXERT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪgzɜ:(r)t ]

( exerts, exerting, exerted)

1.

If someone or something exerts influence, authority, or pressure, they use it in a strong or determined way, especially in order to produce a particular effect. ( FORMAL )

He exerted considerable influence on the thinking of the scientific community on these issues...

VERB : V n

2.

If you exert yourself , you make a great physical or mental effort, or work hard to do something.

Do not exert yourself unnecessarily.

VERB : V pron-refl

• ex‧er‧tion

(exertions)

He clearly found the physical exertion exhilarating...

N-UNCOUNT : also N in pl

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