Exhaustion
11exhaustion — ex|haus|tion [ıgˈzo:stʃən US ˈzo:s ] n [U] 1.) extreme tiredness with exhaustion ▪ He collapsed with exhaustion. ▪ Sheer exhaustion forced him to give up. ▪ Many runners were suffering from heat exhaustion (=when you become tired and ill because… …
12exhaustion — (è gzô stion) s. f. 1° Terme didactique. Action d épuiser. • Pompe d exhaustion, pompe placée sur quelques navires à vapeur pour enlever du fond de la chaudière une certaine portion d eau sursaturée soit de sel marin, soit de toute autre… …
13exhaustion — [[t]ɪgzɔ͟ːstʃ(ə)n[/t]] N UNCOUNT Exhaustion is the state of being so tired that you have no energy left. Staff say he is suffering from exhaustion. ...nervous exhaustion …
14exhaustion — /ig zaws cheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of exhausting. 2. the state of being exhausted. 3. extreme weakness or fatigue. 4. the total consumption of something: the exhaustion of your vacation benefits for the year. [1640 50; < NL exhaustion (s …
15exhaustion — noun a) The point of complete depletion, of the state of being used up. We worked the mine to exhaustion, theres nothing left to extract. b) Supreme tiredness; having exhausted energy. I ran in the marathon to exhaustion, then I collapsed and had …
16exhaustion — 1. Extreme fatigue; inability to respond to stimuli. 2. Removal of contents; using up of a supply of anything. 3. Extraction of the active constituents of a drug by treating with water, alcohol, or other solvent. [L. ex haurio, pp. haustus, to… …
17Exhaustion — Situation in which a majority of participants trading in the same asset are either long or short, leaving few investors to take the other side of the transaction when participants wish to close their positions. Exhaustion signals the reversal of… …
18exhaustion — n. 1) heat; nervous; total exhaustion 2) a state of * * * [ɪg zɔːstʃ(ə)n] nervous total exhaustion a state of heat …
19exhaustion — ex|haus|tion [ ıg zɔstʃən ] noun uncount 1. ) a feeling of being extremely tired and without energy: Weak with exhaustion, the climbers were finally lifted to safety. 2. ) the use of all you have of something: Increased consumption will lead to… …
20exhaustion — noun (U) 1 extreme tiredness: nervous exhaustion (=a medical condition in which you feel very sad or anxious because you have been working too hard or have been very worried) 2 the act of using all the available substances, materials etc so that… …
