Gymnasium
//d͡ʒɪmˈneɪ.zi.əm// noun
noun ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A large room or building for indoor sports. formal
- 2 athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training wordnet
- 3 A type of secondary school in some European countries which typically prepares students for university.
"Near-synonyms: grammar school, prep school"
- 4 a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12 wordnet
- 5 A public place or building where Ancient Greek youths took exercise, with running and wrestling grounds, baths, and halls for conversation. historical
Example
More examples"The school gymnasium was enlarged."
Etymology
From Latin gymnasium, from Ancient Greek γυμνάσιον (gumnásion, “exercise, school”), from γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”), because Greek athletes trained naked.
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