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# gymnasium

«gymnasium» in Mova's school dictionary: **a large room or building with equipment for sport and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a gymnasium, gymnasiums or gymnasia; short: gym)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A gymnasium is a large room or building with equipment for sport and exercise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gymnasium/#m1)

2) In some countries (Germany, Ukraine, the Netherlands) a gymnasium is a kind of secondary school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gymnasium/#m2)

3) In ancient Greece, a place where young men trained and studied. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gymnasium/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

School (PE in the gymnasium, assemblies), sport, history (Greek gymnasium), other countries' schools.

### examples

- PE is in the gymnasium today. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gymnasium/#x1)
- The school gymnasium has ropes and climbing bars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gymnasium/#x2)
- Assembly was held in the gymnasium. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gymnasium/#x3)
- In Germany, my cousin goes to a gymnasium. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gymnasium/#x4)
- Greek athletes trained in the gymnasium. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gymnasium/#x5)
- The gymnasium smelled of floor polish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gymnasium/#x6)

### note

Usually shortened to «gym». Plural: gymnasiums or gymnasia. The school sense is a false friend for English learners.

### Trees and pragmatics

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