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Overexertion

Excessive exertion.

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Effort 76% connected

An exertion of strength or power, whether physical or mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object; more or less strenuous endeavor; struggle…

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Exertion 76% connected

The act of exerting, or putting into motion or action; the active exercise of any power or faculty; an effort, esp. a laborious or perceptible effort…

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Sweat 76% connected

of Sweat

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Travail 76% connected

Labor with pain; severe toil or exertion.

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Overexert 74% connected

To exert too much.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Overexert 74% connected

To exert too much.

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Bargaining noun · 78% connection

the negotiation of the terms of a transaction or agreement

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Brotherhood noun · 78% connection

an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job"

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Capital noun · 78% connection

wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value

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Collective adjective · 78% connection

set up on the principle of collectivism or ownership and production by the workers involved usually under the supervision of a governm…

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Earnings noun · 78% connection

something that remunerates; "wages were paid by cash"; "he wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all their earnings"

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Employment noun · 78% connection

the occupation for which you are paid; "he is looking for employment"; "a lot of people are out of work"

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Engagement noun · 78% connection

the act of sharing in the activities of a group; "the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities"

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Human adjective · 78% connection

relating to a person; "the experiment was conducted on 6 monkeys and 2 human subjects"

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Involution noun · 78% connection

the act of sharing in the activities of a group; "the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities"

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Involvement noun · 78% connection

the act of sharing in the activities of a group; "the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities"

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Join noun · 78% connection

a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets; "let C be the union of the sets A and B"

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Labor noun · 78% connection

productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"

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Labor market noun · 78% connection

the market in which workers compete for jobs and employers compete for workers

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Labor union noun · 78% connection

an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job"

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Labour noun · 78% connection

productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"

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Market noun · 78% connection

the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold; "without competition there would be no market"; "they w…

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Market place noun · 78% connection

the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold; "without competition there would be no market"; "they w…

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Achieve verb · 78% connection

To obtain, or gain, as the result of exertion; to succeed in gaining; to win.

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Achievement noun · 78% connection

The act of achieving or performing; an obtaining by exertion; successful performance; accomplishment; as, the achievement of his objec…

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Action noun · 78% connection

A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body a…

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Active adjective · 78% connection

Requiring or implying action or exertion; -- opposed to sedentary or to tranquil; as, active employment or service; active scenes.

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Apathy noun · 78% connection

Want of feeling; privation of passion, emotion, or excitement; dispassion; -- applied either to the body or the mind. As applied to th…

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Arena noun · 78% connection

Any place of public contest or exertion; any sphere of action; as, the arenaof debate; the arena of life.

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Arouse verb · 78% connection

To excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put in motion or exertion; to rouse; to excite; as, to arouse one from sleep; to…

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Attain verb · 78% connection

To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc.; to reach.

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Attainment noun · 78% connection

That which is attained to, or obtained by exertion; acquirement; acquisition; (pl.), mental acquirements; knowledge; as, literary and…

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Burst verb · 78% connection

To fly apart or in pieces; of break open; to yield to force or pressure, especially to a sudden and violent exertion of force, or to p…

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Chain noun · 78% connection

A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected, or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as of support, of rest…

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Continued p. p. & a. · 78% connection

Having extension of time, space, order of events, exertion of energy, etc.; extended; protracted; uninterrupted; also, resumed after i…

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