Definition of Gymnasium

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building for indoor sports and exercise
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sports centre
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
(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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gymnasium
\gym*na"si*um\ (?) n.; pl. e. gymnasiums (#), l. gymnasia (#). [l., fr. gr. &?;, fr. &?; to exercise (naked), fr. &?; naked.]
1. a place or building where athletic exercises are performed; a school for gymnastics.
2. a school for the higher branches of literature and science; a preparatory school for the university; -- used esp. of german schools of this kind. more like ordinary schools of gymnasia than universities.

GLOSSARY OF ESOTERIC WORDS
1: a place or building for sports activities
2: a German secondary school that prepares students for the university
WordNet 2.0

Noun
1. a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12
(synonym) secondary school, lyceum, lycee, middle school
(hypernym) school
(hyponym) academy

Noun
1. athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training
(synonym) gym
(hypernym) athletic facility
Gymnasium Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Gymnasium may refer to:
  • Gymnasium (ancient Greece), educational and sporting institution
  • Gymnasium (school), type of secondary school that prepares students for higher education
    • Gymnasium (Denmark)
    • Gymnasium (Germany)
    • Gymnasium UNT, high school of the National University of Tucumán, Argentina
    • Gymnasium (Russia) - a type of advanced secondary school. See also Education in Russia. Example:
      • Gymnasium of Dimitrovgrad, Russia
  • Gym, place for physical exercise
  • Gymnasium F.C., Douglas on the Isle of Man

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