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Synonyms for exert

exert yourself

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Synonyms for exert

to bring to bear steadily or forcefully

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Synonyms for exert

put to use

have and exercise

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make a great effort at a mental or physical task

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All the patients were relieved from any sort of exertive physical activities.
Cognitive engagement refers to an individual's voluntarily exertive effort to understand and master challenging tasks (Fredricks et al., 2004).
Conduction of blood investigation of community at large is an exertive and laborious exercise.
More info: Ann Fody, exertive director; The Metropolitan New York Coatings Association (MNYCA), (732) 291-0168; e-mail: fodyasso-ciates@qmail.com,davewhite@heubachcolor.com.
"On a busy week, I dedicate approximately 10 hours per week, and on a less exertive week, I dedicate approximately 3 and half hours per week."
Passive leisure activities are not physically exertive and include, for example, watching television or movies, listening to music, and reading books or newspapers.
Mrs Nicholls also dismissed the need for pupil guides to get attendance bonuses, as enjoyed by many employees in more physically exertive roles, despite later claiming staff had been violently attacked by children at work "An attendance bonus is not something we've ever considered," she said.
Music motivates exercisers to sustain effort and at the same time is used to dissociate from the exertive sensations stemming from their bodies (P.C.