gymnasium
Pluralgymnasia, gymnasiums
- 1A large room or building used for indoor sports and exercise.
Like a big indoor space where people can play sports even when it rains.
The school built a new gymnasium for basketball and other sports.
We played volleyball in the gymnasium all winter.
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- 2In some European countries, a kind of high school that prepares students for university.
Like a school that is a stepping stone straight to college.
Her brother studies Latin and physics at a gymnasium in Berlin.
Students who finish gymnasium can apply straight to university.
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- 3In ancient Greece, a public place where young men exercised, washed, and talked.
Like a sports center that was also a place to study and chat.
The young men of the city met at the gymnasium each morning to train.
Teachers often gathered their students at the gymnasium to talk and learn.
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Origin
From Latin gymnasium, from Greek gumnasion meaning "exercise" or "school". It comes from the word for "naked", because Greek athletes trained naked.