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# strenuous

adjective (strenuous, more strenuous, most strenuous)

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

## Everyday

1. Strenuous means needing a lot of effort, energy or strength: a strenuous climb. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strenuous/#m1)
2. Strenuous can describe very determined effort: strenuous efforts to save the forest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strenuous/#m2)

### In the lessons

PE and health: strenuous exercise makes your heart beat fast and your breathing heavy; warm up first and drink water. Doctors may tell someone ill to avoid strenuous activity. News: «made strenuous efforts» means tried very hard. Formal register, common in reports and exam texts.

### Examples

- The climb up the mountain was strenuous. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strenuous/#x1)
- Avoid strenuous exercise after a big meal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strenuous/#x2)
- After the strenuous match, we were exhausted. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strenuous/#x3)
- Volunteers made strenuous efforts to clean the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strenuous/#x4)
- Moving house is strenuous work. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strenuous/#x5)
- The doctor said no strenuous activity for a week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strenuous/#x6)

### Note

Said «STREN-yoo-us». Adverb: strenuously (he strenuously denied it = denied it very strongly). Similar: tiring, demanding, exhausting. Opposite: easy, effortless, gentle.

## On Mova

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