Gymnasium

Word GYMNASIUM
Character 9
Hyphenation gym na si um
Pronunciations /dʒɪmˈneɪ.zi.əm/

Definitions and meanings of "Gymnasium"

What do we mean by gymnasium?

A room or building equipped for indoor sports. noun

An academic high school in some central European countries, especially Germany, that prepares students for the university. noun

In Greek antiquity, a public place for instruction in and the practice of athletic exercises: a feature of all Greek communities. noun

Hence In modern use, a place where or a building in which athletic exercises are taught and performed. noun

A school or seminary for the higher branches of literature and science; a school preparatory to the universities, especially in Germany; a classical as opposed to a technical school. noun

A place or building where athletic exercises are performed; a school for gymnastics. noun

A school for the higher branches of literature and science; a preparatory school for the university; -- used esp. of German schools of this kind. noun

A large room or building for indoor sports. noun

A type of secondary school in some European countries which typically prepares students for university. noun

Athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training noun

A school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12 noun

A large room or building for indoor sports.

A type of secondary school in some European countries which typically prepares students for university.

A public place or building where Ancient Greek youths took exercise, with running and wrestling grounds, baths, and halls for conversation.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Gymnasium

The word "gymnasium" in example sentences

The word gymnasium comes from the Greek word gymnos, which means naked. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In fact, the word gymnasium comes from the Greek word gymnos, which translates as “naked.” ❋ Carlton Pearson (2010)

In many quarters there was a clamour for "practical" studies, and the old classical course was decried as useless, or merely ornamental; its very foundation, the theory of mental or formal discipline, well expressed in the term gymnasium for classical schools in Germany, has been vigorously assailed, but not disproved. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

Having been made so aware of your edges, you’re more inclined to guard them; it’s still significant that the word gymnasium comes from the Greek for naked. ❋ ROBERT ROWLAND SMITH (2010)

The Prom in the Forks High gymnasium is going to be AWESOME!!! ❋ Unknown (2009)

I have seen many men strip, in gymnasium and training quarters, men of good blood and upbringing, but I have never seen one who stripped to better advantage than this young sot of two-and-twenty, this young god doomed to rack and ruin in four or five short years, and to pass hence without posterity to receive the splendid heritage it was his to bequeath. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I have seen many men strip, in gymnasium and training quarters, men of good blood and upbringing, but I have never seen one who stripped to better advantage than this young sot of two and twenty, this young god doomed to rack and ruin in four or five short years, and to pass hence without posterity to receive the splendid heritage it was his to bequeath. ❋ Unknown (1903)

Athletic participants did not wear clothes, either in training or in the actual games-hence the modern word gymnasium, which originally was not only a place to train but also a place of nudity. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Mr. Obama toured a classroom that was then unheated and un-air-conditioned it has since been updated and shot hoops in the gymnasium, which is not big enough for a regulation basketball court. ❋ Valerie Bauerlein (2012)

And then there is the gymnasium, which is un-air-conditioned, and thus the problems can't be blamed on "trapped moisture" in a building that doesn't "breathe." ❋ Unknown (2007)

How close are to you Memorial Hall, the gymnasium, which is near the site of the shooting? ❋ Unknown (2007)

(END VIDEOTAPE) (on camera): Kelly, it's tough looking at these pictures, knowing which is more difficult: the sort of knowledge of the sort of mental image of what happened inside this school, the fact that so many died; or actually seeing the images of the suffering of those people inside the gymnasium, which is right here behind me. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Search and rescue teams are still going through the rubble of the school gymnasium, that is where the hostages were being kept. ❋ Unknown (2004)

What you see behind me is the gymnasium, which is a makeshift morgue, where all of the family members were inside, until the earthquake started, and then they all ran outside. ❋ Unknown (2002)

In old times, the gymnasium was the school, -- the public games and festivals its ❋ Various (N/A)

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