gym

«gym» in Mova's school dictionary: a big room or building for sport and exercise, with… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (gym, gyms); short for gymnasium

meaning for a pupil

1) A gym is a big room or building for sport and exercise, with equipment like weights or bars. tree →

2) A gym is the school hall used for sport and games (gymnasium). tree →

3) Gym, or gym class, is the school lesson for sport and exercise, also called PE. tree →

sense in the lessons

A place in the story; time spent at the gym, people in it, or a membership price. In health: exercise keeps the heart and muscles strong. In everyday life: gym shoes, gym bag, gym class. Phrases: «go to the gym», «gym class», «in the gym».

examples

• He goes to the gym 3 times a week. tree →
• The gym class has 28 pupils. tree →
• A gym pass costs 30 dollars a month. tree →
• She spends 45 minutes at the gym. tree →
• Bring your sneakers for gym tomorrow. tree →
• The school play is in the gym. tree →
• We climbed ropes in gym class. tree →
• Mum lifts weights at the gym before work. tree →

note

A place only; the clue is in the numbers (times a week, cost per month). Trap: «3 times a week» for 4 weeks means 12 visits. Spelled with y; in the UK the school lesson is usually called PE.

In the corpora

• Many people pay every month for a gym and then stop going, because starting a habit is easy and keeping it is hard.
• Most people also went to the public baths every day, like a swimming pool, gym and café all in one.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «gym» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.