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Synonyms for exert
ɪgˈzɜrtex·ert

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Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. exert, exerciseverb

    put to use

    "exert one's power or influence"

    Synonyms:
    work, practise, maintain, drill, do, exercise, work out, practice, wield

  2. wield, exert, maintainverb

    have and exercise

    "wield power and authority"

    Synonyms:
    asseverate, keep up, keep, conserve, observe, wield, hold, handle, manage, assert, defend, sustain, maintain, uphold, preserve, exercise

  3. exertverb

    make a great effort at a mental or physical task

    "exert oneself"

    Synonyms:
    exercise, maintain, wield

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. exertverb

    Synonyms:
    EXERCISE, use, put forth, put in action, bring into operation, set to work

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "exert":

    exercise, put, practise, exercising, perform, make, wield

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How to use exert in a sentence?

  1. Vince Lombardi:

    The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert.

  2. William Ellery Channing:

    Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence to exert, which are peculiarly his, and which no conscience but his own can teach.

  3. John Gismondi:

    He shouldn't be the one determining what terms of a trust may be acceptable to her, this seems to be an attempt by him to try to exert control from his jail cell.

  4. Michelle Anthony:

    So trying out meanness is not something we can or should eradicate, it's normal to want to feel powerful and to exert influence on your environment. It's healthy. What is unhealthy is when the means by which a child does that is at the social expense of another.

  5. Albert Einstein:

    All of us who are concerned for peace and triumph of reason and justice must be keenly aware how small an influence reason and honest good will exert upon events in the political field.


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