Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, and kinesthetic awareness.

    Gymnastics was a significant part of the physical education curriculum.

    Turnen, Gymnastik

    гимна́стикаgimnástika

    гімна́стикаhimnástyka

  2. (countable, uncountable)Complex intellectual or artistic exercises or feats of physical agility.

    His mental gymnastics are legendary.

    Gymnastik

    гимна́стикаgimnástika

    a sport that involves exercises intended to display strength and balance and agility

Examples

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  1. Tom is doing gymnastics.

    Том займається гімнастикою.

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  2. He is good at gymnastics.

    ruУ него хорошие способности к гимнастике.

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  3. Tom is good at gymnastics.

    deTom ist gut in Gymnastik.

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  4. Tom is a gymnastics teacher.

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  5. Tom is my gymnastics coach.

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Translations

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Origin

From gymnastic: see -ics; from Latin gymnasticus, from Ancient Greek γυμναστικός (gumnasti

From gymnastic: see -ics; from Latin gymnasticus, from Ancient Greek γυμναστικός (gumnastikós), from γυμναστής (gumnastḗs, “athlete, gymnast”), from γῠμνᾰ́ζω (gŭmnắzō, “to train, exercise”), from γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”), because Greek athletes trained naked. By surface analysis, gymnast + -ics.

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Forms

plural: gymnastics
Singulargymnastics
Pluralgymnastics

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Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a sport that involves exercises intended to display strength and balance and agility:gymnastic exercise

Word family

13 related words

See also

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