Synonyms for exert
ɪgˈzɜrtex·ert

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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

Matched Categories

1. • Act
   • Employ
   • Hold

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1. exertverb

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

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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. Horace Bushnell:

   If you had the seeds of pestilence in your body you would not have a more active contagion that you have in your tempers, tastes, and principles. Simply to be in this world, whatever you are, is to exert an influence, compared with which mere language and persuasion are feeble.

2. Julie Cote:

   There are studies recently that show that you lose weight because you would exert more calories, but we were more interested in knowing about the muscles that do the work. The muscles in the neck/shoulder region are the ones that feel the pain and experience fatigue.

3. Debra Aho Williamson:

   If users didn't think Facebook and its messaging apps were all the same company, they will have to confront that reality now, knitting the messaging apps together shows that Facebook wants to exert more control over them, and that may lead to more internal executive conflict.

4. 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.

5. Assistant Attorney General Todd Lawson:

   The question is, why does (Fuentes) feel the need to exert pressure over people in her community and control the flow of their ballot to the ballot box, that's the issue of public integrity here.