exhaustion

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Etimologie

Din latină modernă exhaustiō.

Pronunție

• AFI: /ɪɡ'zɔːstʃən/

Substantiv

exhaustion, (normal nenumărabil; pl. exhaustions)

1. (tehn.) epuizare

   We worked the mine to exhaustion, there's nothing left to extract.

2. (despre oameni) epuizare, extenuare

   I ran in the marathon to exhaustion, then I collapsed and had to be carried away.

Sinonime

• 2: fatigue, lassitude

Cuvinte compuse

• proof by exhaustion

Cuvinte apropiate

• exhaust
• exhaustive

Referințe

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