Look up: gymnasium

1. gymnasium
   [n] - athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training
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2. gymnasium
   In ancient Greece, originally a public sports ground. The gymnasium later formed a complex of buildings, with separate places for the various exercises, a stadium, baths, and a covered portico for...
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3. Gymnasium
   Gym·na'si·um (-zĭ*ŭm or - zhĭ*ŭm; 277) noun ; plural English Gymnasiums (-ŭmz), Latin Gymnasia (-ȧ). [ Latin , from Greek gymna`sion , from gymna`zein to exercise (na...
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4. gymnasium
   gym noun athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training
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5. Gymnasium
   • (n.) A school for the higher branches of literature and science; a preparatory school for the university; -- used esp. of German schools of this kind. • (n.) A place or building where athletic exercises are performed; a school for gymnastics.
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6. gymnasium
   (from the article `gymnasium`) ...and games at public festivals and who directed the schools and supervised the competitors. The gymnastai were the teachers, coaches, and trainers ... As a result of the renewed emphasis on Greek studies, early in the 15th century a definite sequence of institutions emerged, with the gymnasium as ... ...
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7. Gymnasium
   in Germany, state-maintained secondary school that prepares pupils for higher academic education. This type of nine-year school originated in ... [5 related articles]
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8. gymnasium
   large room used and equipped for the performance of various sports. The history of the gymnasium dates back to ancient Greece, where the literal ... [3 related articles]
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9. gymnasium
   gymnasium 1. A large room equipped for physical exercise or training of various kinds; for example, in a school or a private sports club. 2. In Europe, primarily in Germany and other German-speaking countries, a secondary school where the emphasis is on academic subjects rather than on technical tra...
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10. Gymnasium
    Gymnasium is the name given by the Greeks to the public building where the young men, quite naked (hence the name, from gymnos, naked), exercised themselves in leaping, running, throwing the discus and spear, wrestling, and pugilism. Its objects, however, were also extended to the exercise of the mi...
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11. Gymnasium
    The building which houses the sports facilities on a campus.
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12. Gymnasium
    Gymnasium was a term applied in Germany to a class of schools corresponding pretty nearly to the grammar-schools and secondary schools of Britain. Formerly in the gymnasia Latin and Greek were the chief subjects taught but by the start of the 20th century a more practical bent was given to the cours...
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13. Gymnasium
    (school) A `gymnasium` (pronounced with a in several languages) is a type of school providing secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English grammar schools or sixth form colleges and U.S. college preparatory high schools. The word γυμνάσιον<...
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14. Gymnasium
    (ancient Greece) gymnasium, from the top of the stadium wall. The `gymnasium` in ancient Greece functioned as a training facility for competitors in public games. It was also a place for socializing and engaging in intellectual pursuits. The name comes from the Ancient Greek term gymnós...
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15. Gymnasium
    (Denmark) The Danish `Gymnasium` offers a 3-year general academically-oriented upper secondary programme which builds on the 9th-10th form of the Folkeskole and leads to the upper secondary school exit examination (the `studentereksamen`). This qualifies a student for admission ...
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16. Gymnasium
    (Germany) in a former Benedictine monastery The `Gymnasium` (; German plural: Gymnasien), in the German education system, is a type of secondary school with a strong emphasis on academic learning, comparable with the British former grammar school system or with prep schools in the Unit...
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