0 the act of bringing forcefully into use -- udøvelse
the exertion of one’s influence.
1 (an) effort -- anstrengelse; slid
Rushing strings and fanfares in the brass compete with the ever more excited and strenuous exertions of the singers.
I know we are making unparalleled exertions to organise our strength and to put it into the field.
We believe—in fact, we are convinced—that it is possible for us by our own exertions to win independence.
We have very little left of it to-day, and we have to depend on our own exertions.
You could not expect him to work or exert himself if the result of all his exertions was immediately handed over to his creditors.
I can assure him that, in spite of all our exertions, we are unable to make ends meet.
We saved ourselves by our exertions in the last war.
They do not complain of having to pay on further increment value due to exertions not their own.
