Dictionary Entry
exert
exert is a 5-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To thrust forth; to emit; to push out. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 12 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To thrust forth; to emit; to push out.
- 2transitive verb
To put force, ability, or anything of the nature of an active faculty; to put in vigorous action; to bring into active operation; as, to exert the strength of the body, limbs, faculties, or imagination; to exert the mind or the voice.
- 3transitive verb
To put forth, as the result or exercise of effort; to bring to bear; to do or perform.
- 4verb
put to use
"exert one's power or influence"
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- 5verb
have and exercise
"wield power and authority"
- 6verb
make a great effort at a mental or physical task
"exert oneself"
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