EXHAUSTION


Meaning of EXHAUSTION in English

ex ‧ haus ‧ tion /ɪɡˈzɔːstʃ ə n $ -ˈzɒːs-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable]

1 . extreme tiredness

with exhaustion

He collapsed with exhaustion.

Sheer exhaustion forced him to give up.

Many runners were suffering from heat exhaustion (=when you become tired and ill because you are too hot) .

nervous exhaustion (=when you become ill because you have been working too hard or have been very worried)

2 . when all of something has been used

exhaustion of

the exhaustion of oil supplies

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.