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: a usually metal frame supporting an assortment of outdoor play equipment (such as a swing, seesaw, and rings)

Examples of gym in a Sentence

He works out at the gym. Students are required to take gym.
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Initially, the pair from Brisbane, Australia, started going to the gym in 2023, but Lleyton quit and Corey continued to train for a year. David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Apr. 2025 That's the suggestion of Microsoft Research, which built a new tool called debug-gym to test and improve how AI models can debug software. Samuel Axon, ArsTechnica, 11 Apr. 2025 Ars Video Pictured below are the results of the tests using debug-gym. Samuel Axon, ArsTechnica, 11 Apr. 2025 Davis was found unresponsive in his home gym, according to the autopsy report released Friday. Victoria Ballard, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gym

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1871, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of gym was circa 1871

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“Gym.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gym. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.

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