Gerund Word Explorer
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Gym

Gym

A place for exercise and sport (short for gymnasium).

Fatima goes to the gym before work three days a week.

Remember: Gym ← gymnasium. Gym is standard everywhere now; gymnasium sounds very formal. The g sounds like j: JIM.

Short lessonCompounds, blends & clippingsEnglish makes new words by joining words, fusing parts of words, or cutting words short. This is called word formation.

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