Exertions

//əɡˈzɝʃən//

Synonyms for "exertions" (61 found)

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Closest matches (13)

effort action active use activity ado appliance application assiduity assiduousness care consumption determination diligence

Strong matches (18)

drive elbow grease employ employment endeavor energy essay exercise exercising fatigue good use grind hard pull hard usage hard use

Noun(3 words)

effort elbow grease ensuance

Related words (30)

ill use ill-use industry labor might and main misuse muscle operation pain pains push resolution rough usage sedulity sedulousness strain striving struggle toil trouble

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usage use using up while work wrong use

Noun(4 words)

pain sweat travail wark

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Whether you will succeed or not depends upon your own exertions.

Source: tatoeba (271294)

Success depends on your own exertions.

Source: tatoeba (271321)

Our morning's exertions had been too much for my weak health, and I was tired out in the afternoon.

Source: tatoeba (6309867)

The tremendous exertions which I have gone through during the last day or two have worn me out. Not so much bodily exertion, you understand, as the strain upon the mind. You will appreciate that, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, for we are both brain-workers.

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