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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gym/#m1)

2) A gym is the school hall used for sport and games (gymnasium). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gym/#m2)

3) Gym, or gym class, is the school lesson for sport and exercise, also called PE. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gym/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gym/#x1)
- The gym class has 28 pupils. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gym/#x2)
- A gym pass costs 30 dollars a month. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gym/#x3)
- She spends 45 minutes at the gym. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gym/#x4)
- Bring your sneakers for gym tomorrow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gym/#x5)
- The school play is in the gym. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gym/#x6)
- We climbed ropes in gym class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gym/#x7)
- Mum lifts weights at the gym before work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gym/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights/11/)
- [Most people also went to the public baths every day, like a swimming pool, gym and café all in one.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/15-rome-daily-life-gladiators-latin-and-christianity/3/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «gym» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gym/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.