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Definition: Overexertion |
OverexertionNoun1. The exertion of so much effort that discomfort or injury results. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "overexertion" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1880. (references) |
Crosswords: Overexertion |
| English words defined with "overexertion": Straint. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "overexertion": Cumulative Trauma Disorders ♦ Event or exposure ♦ mental fatigue ♦ psychological fatigue ♦ Sprains and Strains ♦ WIDOW. (references) |
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Health | It is important to take steps to avoid potential sports-related problems such as dehydration, overexertion, and hypoglycemia, as these problems can increase the risk of seizures. (references) | |
A regular, manageable daily routine helps avoid the "push-crash" phenomenon characterized by overexertion during periods of better health, followed by a relapse of symptoms perhaps initiated by the excessive activity. (references) | ||
RMDs may be caused by overexertion, incorrect posture, muscle fatigue, compression of nerves or tissue, too many uninterrupted repetitions of an activity or motion, or friction caused by an unnatural or awkward motion such as twisting the arm or wrist. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Overexertion" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Overexertion" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 10 | 111,207 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
overexertion | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "overexertion"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Finnish | liikarasitus (over-exertion, overstrain). (various references) | ||||||||||
German | überanstrengung (excessive strain, fatigue, strain). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | overexertionay sự gắng quá sức. (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "overexertion": overexertions. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "overexertion" (pronounced 'O"ver*ex*er"tion'): Abacination, Abaction, Abalienation, Abarticulation, Abbreviation, Abdication, Abduction, Aberration, Abevacuation, Abirritation, Abjection, Abjudication, Abjuration, Ablactation, Ablaqueation, Ablation, Ablegation, Abligurition, Abnegation, Abnodation, Abolition, Abomination, Abortion, Abreaction, Abrenunciation, Abreption, Abrogation, Abruption, Absentation, Absolution, Absorbition, Absorption, Abstention, Abstraction, Absumption, Accentuation, Acceptation, Acceptilation, Acception, Acclimatation, Acclimation, Acclimatization, Accombination, Accommodation, Accreditation, Accrementition, Accretion, Accubation, Accusation, Acervation. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-e-i-n-o-o-r-r-t-v-x" | |
-3 letters: orienteer, overexert. | |
-4 letters: exertion, exertive, exterior, interrex, inverter, invertor, overtire, overtone, reorient, retrieve, reverent. | |
-5 letters: enterer, evertor, externe, nervier, onerier, reenter, reinter, rentier, retiree, reverie, riveter, rootier, teenier, terreen, terrene, terrine, vernier. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-e-i-n-o-o-r-r-t-v-x" | |
+1 letter: overexertions. | |
+4 letters: overexaggeration. | |
+5 letters: overexaggerations. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 76 65 72 65 78 65 72 74 69 6F 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--- ...- . .-. . -..- . .-. - .. --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001111 01110110 01100101 01110010 01100101 01111000 01100101 01110010 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)O v e r e x e r t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004F 0076 0065 0072 0065 0078 0065 0072 0074 0069 006F 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)498871847190718486758180 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | suomi, suomalainen, finnisch, tiếng Phần-lan |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | saksalainen, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | vietnamilainen, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | englantia, englantilainen, englisch |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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