# gymnasium

Pronunciation: say "jim-NAY-zee-uhm" /d͡ʒɪmˈneɪ.zi.əm/

## Noun

1. A large room or building set aside for indoor sports and physical exercise.
   - Simple: A large room or building used for indoor sports and exercise.
   - _The gymnasium was packed for the championship game on Friday night._
   - _Several gymnasiums in the city host indoor track meets each winter._
2. In some European countries, a secondary school whose students are usually preparing to go on to university.
   - Simple: In some European countries, a kind of high school that prepares students for university.
   - _In Germany, completing the gymnasium is the standard route to a university place._
   - _Several gymnasiums in the region focus heavily on the sciences._
3. A public place or building in ancient Greece where young men exercised, with grounds for running and wrestling, baths, and halls for conversation.
   - Simple: In ancient Greece, a public place where young men exercised, washed, and talked.
   - _Athletes oiled their bodies before wrestling at the gymnasium._
   - _The city's gymnasiums drew crowds of youths for running and boxing._

## Origin

From Latin gymnasium, itself from Ancient Greek gumnásion ("exercise, school"), which derives from gumnós ("naked"): because Greek athletes trained naked.

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