| query | If you e____ yourself, you make a great physical or mental effort, or work hard to do something.If you exert yourself, you make a great physical or mental effort, or work hard to do something. Youngsters get so absorbed that they don't realise how much they're exerting themselves. Do not exert yourself unnecessarily. He clearly found the physical exertion exhilarating. |
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| word | exert |
| full-definition | verb 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. He exerted considerable influence on the thinking of the scientific community on these issues. The cyst was causing swelling and exerting pressure on her brain. If you exert yourself, you make a great physical or mental effort, or work hard to do something. Youngsters get so absorbed that they don't realise how much they're exerting themselves. Do not exert yourself unnecessarily. He clearly found the physical exertion exhilarating. |
| inflections | exertsexertingexertedexertion |
| cefr-level | C1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1
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