gymnasium
1a building or room designed and equipped for indoor sports, exercise, or physical education.
a place where Greek youths met for exercise and discussion.
Origin of gymnasium
1Other words from gymnasium
- gym·na·si·al, adjective
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Other definitions for gymnasium (2 of 2)
(often initial capital letter) (in continental Europe, especially Germany) a classical school preparatory to the universities.
Origin of gymnasium
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How to use gymnasium in a sentence
In larger spaces, such as cafeterias or gymnasiums, children might sit 10 feet apart, he said.
Arlington, Alexandria move forward with school reopening plans | Hannah Natanson | February 19, 2021 | Washington PostHe asked a man mopping the gymnasium floor where he could find the principal.
John Moylan, who led DeMatha High School for decades, dies at 88 | Bart Barnes | February 2, 2021 | Washington PostWielding batons and shields, officers marched the prisoners into a gymnasium and conducted a series of strip-searches, according to a lawsuit the women filed in federal court.
The Way Prisoners Flag Guard Abuse, Inadequate Health Care and Unsanitary Conditions Is Broken | by Shannon Heffernan, WBEZ | December 2, 2020 | ProPublicaHe lives alone in a Madison apartment, studies mostly online, works out at a gymnasium, and shops and cooks for himself.
College students hit the road after an eerie pandemic semester. Will the virus go home with them? | Nick Anderson, Susan Svrluga | November 22, 2020 | Washington PostAnother video showed a life-size whale splashing through a school gymnasium.
Magic Leap tried to create an alternate reality. Its founder was already in one | Verne Kopytoff | September 26, 2020 | Fortune
They stormed the gymnasium by land one sunny spring day in 1904.
The GOP’s Last Identity Crisis Remade U.S. Politics | Michael Wolraich | July 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTwo parallel fences tipped with barbed wire formed a narrow corridor into the gymnasium.
The GOP’s Last Identity Crisis Remade U.S. Politics | Michael Wolraich | July 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe dining hall, it seemed, had been put to more use than the gymnasium.
Pablo Escobar’s Private Prison Is Now Run by Monks for Senior Citizens | Jeff Campagna | June 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEmergency rooms were quickly overwhelmed and the city morgue had to set up a makeshift mortuary in a municipal gymnasium.
“This is not a gymnasium or spectator sport,” Ingram warned.
Despite Intimidation, Alleged Victim Testifies Against Accused Rapist | Allison Yarrow | December 3, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThey entered a large room which combined the characteristics of a library with those of a military gymnasium.
Dope | Sax RohmerHe said he didn't take the watch and chain, that he found them in the gymnasium near the lockers.
The Mystery at Putnam Hall | Arthur M. WinfieldSpecial classes have been opened at the gymnasium for the religious instruction of Jewish pupils.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist | Alexander BerkmanSoldiers were already stacking up the chairs ready for the clearance of the gymnasium for the morrow.
The Doctor of Pimlico | William Le QueuxSmyrna therefore was situated near the present gymnasium, at the back of the present city, but between Tracheia and Lepre Acta.
British Dictionary definitions for gymnasium
/ (dʒɪmˈneɪzɪəm) /
a large room or hall equipped with bars, weights, ropes, etc, for games or physical training
(in various European countries) a secondary school that prepares pupils for university
Origin of gymnasium
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