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# gymnasium

noun (a gymnasium, gymnasiums or gymnasia; short: gym)

«gymnasium» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A gymnasium is a large room or building with equipment for sport and exercise. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gymnasium/#m1)
2. In some countries (Germany, Ukraine, the Netherlands) a gymnasium is a kind of secondary school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gymnasium/#m2)
3. In ancient Greece, a place where young men trained and studied. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gymnasium/#m3)

### In the lessons

School (PE in the gymnasium, assemblies), sport, history (Greek gymnasium), other countries' schools.

### Examples

- PE is in the gymnasium today. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gymnasium/#x1)
- The school gymnasium has ropes and climbing bars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gymnasium/#x2)
- Assembly was held in the gymnasium. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gymnasium/#x3)
- In Germany, my cousin goes to a gymnasium. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gymnasium/#x4)
- Greek athletes trained in the gymnasium. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gymnasium/#x5)
- The gymnasium smelled of floor polish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gymnasium/#x6)

### Note

Usually shortened to «gym». Plural: gymnasiums or gymnasia. The school sense is a false friend for English learners.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «gymnasium» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gymnasium/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«gymnasium» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/gymnasium.html) on Mova free.