Exert - English meaning

verb

Make a formal application or request.

Usage examples:

You need to apply to the local authority for a grant

idiom

Bring into operation or effect

verb

Move (troops or equipment) into position for military action.

Usage examples:

Forces were deployed at strategic locations

verb

To put something into use

Usage examples:

[ i ] when airbags deploy, they save lives., [ t ] automobiles deploy air bags in crashes of 8 to 1…

verb

To use something or someone, especially in order to achieve a particular effect

Usage examples:

If deployed in the right way, communication networks enable employees to gain greater awareness of …

verb

Give work to (someone) and pay them for it.

Usage examples:

The firm employs 150 people

noun

The state of being employed for wages or a salary.

Usage examples:

I started work in the employ of a grocer

verb

To pay someone to work or do a job for you

Usage examples:

The factory employs 87 workers., jacobs employs this phrase repeatedly.

verb

Try hard to do or achieve something.

Usage examples:

He is endeavouring to help the third world

noun

An attempt to achieve a goal.

Usage examples:

An endeavour to reduce serious injury

verb

To try to do something

Usage examples:

Engineers are endeavouring to locate the source of the problem., in spite of our best endeavours, i…

noun

Activity requiring physical effort, carried out to sustain or improve health and fitness.

Usage examples:

Exercise improves your heart and lung power

verb

Use or apply (a faculty, right, or process).

Usage examples:

Control is exercised by the board

verb

Spend or use up (a resource such as money or energy).

Usage examples:

The energy expended in sport could be directed into other areas

verb

To use or spend something, esp. time, effort, or money

Usage examples:

They expend all their energy fixing up their house.

verb

To use or spend something, especially time, effort, or money

Usage examples:

Expend energy/effort/time why do firms expend effort investing abroad, rather than staying home and…

verb

To put something into your service for a purpose

Usage examples:

Do you know how to use a computer?, we could use your help., she uses so many big words, it’s hard …

phrase

To use something that is available

Usage examples:

We might as well make use of the hotel's facilities., we must make use of every weapon we have in t…

verb

Give (money) to pay for goods, services, or so as to benefit someone or something.

Usage examples:

The firm has spent £100,000 on hardware

noun

An amount of money paid out.

Usage examples:

The average spend at the cafe is £10 a head

verb

Make great efforts to achieve or obtain something.

Usage examples:

National movements were striving for independence

verb

To try hard to do something or make something happen, esp. for a long time or against difficulties

Usage examples:

[ + to infinitive ] neither jefferson nor madison was a pacifist, though both strove to keep americ…

verb

Make forceful or violent efforts to get free of restraint or constriction.

Usage examples:

Before she could struggle, he lifted her up

noun

A forceful or violent effort to get free of restraint or resist attack.

Usage examples:

There were signs of a struggle and there was a lot of blood around

verb

To work hard to do something

Usage examples:

We watched boys on skateboards struggle to keep their balance., he struggled with his cousin, and h…

verb

Take, hold, or deploy (something) as a means of accomplishing or achieving something; employ.

Usage examples:

She used her key to open the front door

noun

The action of using something or the state of being used for a purpose.

Usage examples:

Modern trains are now in use

Put into service

verb

Make practical and effective use of.

Usage examples:

Vitamin c helps your body utilize the iron present in your diet

Put into service

verb

To make use of something

Usage examples:

The library’s great collection allowed me to utilize many rare sources.

verb

Hold and use (a weapon or tool).

Usage examples:

A masked raider wielding a handgun

verb

Handle effectively

verb

To have or use power, authority, or influence, or to hold and use a weapon

Usage examples:

Under the new city charter, the mayor wields most of the power.