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: a usually metal frame supporting an assortment of outdoor play equipment (such as a swing, seesaw, and rings)

Examples of gym in a Sentence

He works out at the gym. Students are required to take gym.
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The Sea Lions will face Cal State Dominguez Hills (27-5) Monday night at 7 p.m. in a Golden Gymnasium gym that will be once again packed with students after their return from spring break. Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025 People commuting to work, in the grocery store, out for a run or in the gym are almost always wearing headphones of one kind or another. Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 16 Mar. 2025 Mullin also runs a morning workout in the House gym attended by lawmakers of both parties. David Sivak, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 13 Mar. 2025 Robinson is now living in her car in Malibu, and has a gym membership in order to shower. Ellise Shafer, Variety, 13 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gym

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1871, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of gym was circa 1871

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“Gym.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gym. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.

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