exertionnoun
uk/ɪɡˈzɜː.ʃən/us/ɪɡˈzɝː.ʃən/exertion noun (EFFORT)
[ C or U ] the use of a lot of mental or physical effort:
I get out of breath with any kind of physical exertion.
We were exhausted after our exertions.
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Effort and expending energy
- apply
- assiduous
- be running on empty idiom
- bust a gut idiom
- concentrated
- conscientious
- fight
- jump
- mightily
- mind
- overcompensate
- pains
- painstaking
- painstakingly
- shot
- slog
- slugger
- strenuous
- thirsty work
- trial and error
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exertion noun (USE)
[ U ] the use of something such as authority, power, influence, etc. in order to make something happen:
the exertion of influence over who was appointed to the job
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Organizations - position & status
- a rung on/of the ladder idiom
- apparatchik
- associate
- back seat
- be a big fish in a small pond idiom
- betters 2
- brethren
- comrade
- elite
- entry-level
- equal
- fellow
- low-level
- position
- pretender
- role
- second class
- senior
- standing
- subordinate
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Affecting and influencing