📖 E — The English dictionary · page 36

exemption — Everyday, meaning 1: An exemption is official permission not to do something that others must do.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (money) A tax exemption means you do not have to pay a certain tax.↗ Example: Tom has an exemption from PE because of his broken arm.↗ · Charities get an exemption from some taxes.↗ · There is no exemption from the safety rules.↗ · She asked the head for an exemption from the uniform rule.↗ · The exemption lasts until his leg heals.↗ · Exemptions are given only with a parent's letter.↗

exercise — Everyday, meaning 1: Exercise is moving your body to keep fit and healthy, like running, swimming or playing sport.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An exercise is a movement or activity done to get stronger or better, like stretching exercises.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: An exercise is a piece of school work or a set of questions for practice.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To exercise is to do physical activity, or to make an animal do it.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: An exercise book is a notebook for school work.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: To exercise a power or right is to use it.↗ Example: Exercise is good for your heart.↗ · We do stretching exercises before PE.↗ · Finish exercise 3 on page 20.↗ · Write your answers in your exercise book.↗ · You should exercise every day.↗ · Grandad exercises his dog in the park.↗ · Swimming is great exercise.↗ · They exercise their power in different ways, and everywhere.↗ · I have seen the task which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.↗ (Writings ECC.3.10, JPS 1917)↗ · The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have wronged the poor and needy, and have oppressed the stranger unlawfully.↗ (Prophets EZK.22.29, JPS 1917)↗ · LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty; neither do I exercise myself in things too great, or in things too wonderful for me.↗ (Writings PSA.131.1, JPS 1917)↗

exert — Everyday, meaning 1: To exert a force or pressure is to push, pull or press with it.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To exert yourself is to make a big physical or mental effort.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To exert influence or control is to use your power to affect someone or something.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To exert a skill or quality is to use it fully and with effort.↗ Example: The magnet exerts a force on the paper clip.↗ · Gravity exerts a pull on everything with mass.↗ · Don't exert yourself too much while you have a cold.↗ · The weightlifter exerted all his strength.↗ · Water exerts pressure on the walls of the tank.↗ · The boy exerts a force of 20 newtons on the trolley.↗ · The coach exerts a lot of influence over the team.↗ · In vain she promised great rewards to the doctors; though they exerted all their skill, nothing would cure the Prince.↗ · And flight shall fail the swift, and the strong shall not exert his strength, neither shall the mighty deliver himself; (Prophets AMO.2.14, JPS 1917)↗

exertion — Everyday, meaning 1: Hard physical or mental effort.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Using strength or power to do something.↗ Example: She was out of breath from the exertion of the race.↗ · His face was red with exertion.↗ · After all that exertion, we needed a drink of water.↗ · Climbing the hill took a lot of exertion.↗ · Rest after heavy exertion.↗ · The exertion of carrying the boxes made him tired.↗ · In that way I may be able to kill them without much exertion.”↗

exhalation — Everyday, meaning 1: Breathing out: pushing air out of your lungs.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The air, steam or smell that is breathed out or given off.↗ Example: During exhalation, air leaves the lungs.↗ · Take a deep breath in, then a slow exhalation.↗ · We see our exhalation as mist on cold days.↗ · The singer used a long exhalation to hold the note.↗ · Exhalation removes carbon dioxide from the body.↗ · Count to four on each exhalation.↗

exhale — Everyday, meaning 1: To breathe out.↗ e.g. Exhale slowly through your mouth.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To send out air, smoke or gas.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To exhale a smell or scent is to give it off into the air.↗ Example: Breathe in through your nose and exhale through your mouth.↗ · When you exhale, your chest goes down.↗ · We exhale carbon dioxide.↗ · On a cold day you can see your breath when you exhale.↗ · Exhale slowly to calm yourself.↗ · She exhaled with relief when the test was over.↗ · The blooming lychnis exhaled sweet odours.↗

exhaust — Everyday, meaning 1: To exhaust someone means to make them extremely tired.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To exhaust something means to use it up completely: exhaust the supplies.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Exhaust is the waste gas that comes out of a car's engine.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: An exhaust (exhaust pipe) is the pipe at the back of a car that lets out these gases.↗ Example: The long walk exhausted the children.↗ · I was exhausted after the swimming gala.↗ · Exhaust fumes from cars pollute the air.↗ · Smoke came out of the bus's exhaust pipe.↗ · The explorers had exhausted their food supply.↗ · We exhausted every idea before asking for help.↗ · Don't stand behind a car's exhaust.↗ · Running all day is exhausting!↗ · "You are exhausting yourself, king's son," says she.↗

exhausted — Everyday, meaning 1: Exhausted means extremely tired, with no energy left.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Exhausted means completely used up, so none is left.↗ Example: After the cross-country run we were exhausted.↗ · The exhausted puppy fell asleep at once.↗ · She was exhausted after staying up so late.↗ · The explorers were cold, hungry and exhausted.↗ · We have exhausted our supply of paper.↗ · He had exhausted every idea and still couldn't solve it.↗ · Sick and exhausted, he reached home.↗

exhaustion — Everyday, meaning 1: Exhaustion is the state of being extremely tired, with no energy left.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Exhaustion is also when something is completely used up, like the exhaustion of the oil supply.↗ Example: After the race she sat down in exhaustion.↗ · The runners suffered from heat exhaustion.↗ · He fell asleep from exhaustion.↗ · Exhaustion made it hard to think clearly.↗ · Drink water on hot days to avoid heat exhaustion.↗ · The climbers reached the top in a state of exhaustion.↗ · The baby cried with exhaustion.↗ · Angelo was the stronger; and, with a deep sigh of exhaustion, the young artist threw himself into a chair.↗

exhaustive — Everyday, meaning 1: Something exhaustive is complete and thorough, covering every part or every possibility.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In maths, an exhaustive list or search tries all the possible cases.↗ Example: The police made an exhaustive search of the woods.↗ · This is not an exhaustive list, just some examples.↗ · We made an exhaustive list of all the ways to make 5 with two dice.↗ · The book is an exhaustive guide to British birds.↗ · After exhaustive tests, the medicine was approved.↗ · Her answer was exhaustive and covered every point.↗ · Finding that my views on Hebrew orthography harmonized Avith those of the Sefer Yetzirah, I made an exhaustive study of it.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

exhibit — Everyday, meaning 1: To exhibit means to show things publicly, especially in a museum or gallery: they exhibited our paintings.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An exhibit is one object shown in a museum or exhibition.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In the USA, an exhibit can mean a whole exhibition: a dinosaur exhibit.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To exhibit means to show a feeling or sign: the dog exhibited fear.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: In court, an exhibit is a piece of evidence.↗ Example: Our art was exhibited in the school hall.↗ · The dinosaur skeleton is the biggest exhibit in the museum.↗ · Please do not touch the exhibits.↗ · The science centre has lots of hands-on exhibits.↗ · The patient exhibited signs of a fever.↗ · We visited a new space exhibit at the museum.↗ · The Leopard exhibited one by one the various spots which decorated his skin.↗

exhibition — Everyday, meaning 1: A public show of things such as paintings, objects or animals, often in a museum or gallery.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A display of a skill: «an exhibition of football».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (UK, phrase) «make an exhibition of yourself»: behave foolishly in public.↗ Example: Our paintings are in the school exhibition.↗ · We went to a dinosaur exhibition at the museum.↗ · The exhibition opens on Saturday.↗ · The new car is on exhibition at the show.↗ · That match was an exhibition of skill.↗ · Stop shouting — you're making an exhibition of yourself.↗ · Tickets for the exhibition cost five pounds for children.↗ · Here was an exhibition of flowers, statues, books, and colored stuffs.↗

exhilarating — Everyday, meaning 1: Making you feel very happy, excited and full of energy.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Thrilling in a fast, fresh or slightly scary way, like a ride, a race or a cold wind.↗ Example: The roller coaster was exhilarating!↗ · Sledging down the big hill was an exhilarating feeling.↗ · Toad found speed exhilarating and could think of nothing else.↗ · We had an exhilarating walk along the cliffs in the wind.↗ · Scoring the winning goal was exhilarating.↗ · The cold sea was exhilarating once we got used to it.↗ · Mole felt exhilarated as the boat slid down the river.↗

exhortation — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) An exhortation is a strong, serious request or speech that urges people to do something.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (church) In some church services, an exhortation is a short talk encouraging the people to live well or to prepare for prayer or communion.↗ Example: The general's exhortation filled the soldiers with courage.↗ · Despite the teacher's exhortations, nobody tidied up.↗ · The preacher ended with an exhortation to love one another.↗ · Posters carried exhortations to save water.↗ · The coach shouted exhortations from the side of the pitch.↗ · Paul's letters are full of exhortations to be kind and patient.↗

exhume — Everyday, meaning 1: To dig up a body that has been buried, usually to examine it or move it.↗ Example: The police exhumed the coffin to check the evidence.↗ · In the story the grave was opened and the body was exhumed.↗ · Archaeologists exhume old bones with great care.↗

exile — Everyday, meaning 1: Exile is being forced to live away from your own country, often as a punishment or for safety.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An exile is a person who lives in exile.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (verb) To exile someone means to send them away from their country and not let them return.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (Bible) The Exile is the time when many people of Judah were taken away to Babylon, as told in the Bible.↗ Example: Napoleon was sent into exile on a small island.↗ · The poet lived in exile for twenty years.↗ · The king exiled his brother from the land.↗ · The exiles dreamed of going home one day.↗ · In the Bible, the people sang sad songs during the exile in Babylon.↗ · The government in exile met in London during the war.↗ · After the quarrel, the cat went into exile under the bed.↗ · We have lived together, we will be exiled together, and we will die together.↗ · say: I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them — they shall go into exile, into captivity.↗ (Prophets EZK.12.11, JPS 1917)↗ · Then shalt thou say in thy heart: 'Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have been bereaved of my children, and am solitary, an exile, and wandering to and fro?↗ (Prophets ISA.49.21, JPS 1917)↗ · Judah is gone into exile because of affliction, and because of great servitude; she dwelleth among the nations, she findeth no rest; all her pursuers overtook her within the straits.↗ (Writings LAM.1.3, JPS 1917)↗

exist — Everyday, meaning 1: To be real; to be present in the world or in a place.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To live or stay alive, especially in a hard way (to exist on very little food).↗ Example: Dinosaurs existed millions of years ago.↗ · Do you think aliens exist?↗ · Dodos no longer exist — they are extinct.↗ · Water exists as ice, liquid and steam.↗ · Unicorns don't exist except in stories.↗ · This old castle has existed for 800 years.↗ · Plants could not exist without sunlight.↗ · He could exist here, he said, well enough.↗ · At first existed these three mothers, and there arose three masculine powers, and hence all things have originated.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗ · There exist alternative traditions where this term in the SY is vocalized instead as אַמּוֹת ammot 'cubits' or אֻמּוֹת ummot 'nations'.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · or does exist outside of Himself ; His substance is the foundation of all, and all things bear His imprint and are symbols of His intelligence."↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

existence — Everyday, meaning 1: Being real or being alive; the fact that something exists.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A way of living, especially a hard or dull one: «a lonely existence».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: The phrase "in existence" means existing anywhere at all in the world.↗ Example: Scientists proved the existence of the planet.↗ · Fossils show the existence of dinosaurs long ago.↗ · The club came into existence when we were in Year 3.↗ · The poor mouse led a lonely existence.↗ · Do you believe in the existence of ghosts?↗ · Some animals are fighting for their existence.↗ · This must be the best watering-place in existence.↗ · These are the ten spheres of existence out of nothing.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · The following are the ten categories of existence out of nothing: (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · They then put the question, how came so many various beings into existence?↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

existent — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Real; being or living now.↗ Example: Non-existent ; the word is AIN, nothingness.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · The Twenty-eighth Path is the Natural Intelligence, and is so called because through it is consummated and perfected the nature of every existent being under the orb of the Sun, in perfection.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗ · And from Nothingness did He make something, and all forms of speech and every created thing, and from the empty void He made the solid earth, and from the non-existent He brought forth Life.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗