exhaustion
pronunciation
How to pronounce exhaustion in British English:
UK [ɪɡˈzɔːstʃən]
How to pronounce exhaustion in American English:
US [ɪɡˈzɔːstʃən]
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- Noun:
- extreme fatigue
- serious weakening and loss of energy
- the act of exhausting something entirely
Word Origin
- exhaustion (n.)
- 1640s, "fatigue," noun of action from exhaust (v.) in sense of "drawing off" of strength. Etymological sense "act of drawing out or draining off" is from 1660s in English.
Example
- 1. After spawning , most die of exhaustion .
- 2. All were full of vitality and optimism , but also exhaustion .
- 3. It 's not exhaustion , insists a manager , but a chinese post-meal ritual .
- 4. Last year , the projected exhaustion date was moved to 2041 .
- 5. That phase of the development process is already close to exhaustion .