exhaustion

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzɔːs.tʃən/

Noun

exhaustion (usually uncountable, plural exhaustions)

1. The point of complete depletion, of the state of being used up.

   We worked the mine to exhaustion, there's nothing left to extract.

2. Supreme tiredness; having exhausted energy.
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess‎^[1]:

     As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.

   I ran in the marathon to exhaustion, then I collapsed and had to be carried away.

3. (dated, chemistry) The removal (by percolation etc) of an active medicinal constituent from plant material.
4. (dated, physics) The removal of all air from a vessel (the creation of a vacuum).
5. (mathematics) An exhaustive procedure

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:fatigue

Derived terms

• proof by exhaustion

Related terms

• exhaust

Translations

point of complete depletion

• Bulgarian: изчерпване (bg) n (izčerpvane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 耗盡 (zh), 耗尽 (zh) (hàojìn), 用光 (zh) (yòngguāng), 枯竭 (zh) (kūjié)

• Czech: vyčerpání n
• Dutch: uitputting (nl) f
• Finnish: ehtyminen (fi), loppuminen (fi)
• French: épuisement (fr) m
• German: Erschöpfung (de) f

• Greek: εξάντληση (el) f (exántlisi)
• Ido: exhausteso (io)
• Portuguese: exaustão (pt) f, esgotamento (pt) m
• Romanian: epuizare (ro) f
• Russian: истоще́ние (ru) n (istoščénije), вы́работка (ru) f (výrabotka)
• Spanish: agotamiento (es) m
• Tagalog: sobrang pagod

supreme tiredness; having exhausted energy

• Bulgarian: изтощение (bg) n (iztoštenie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 精疲力竭 (zh) (jīngpílìjié), 精疲力盡 (zh), 精疲力尽 (zh) (jīngpílìjìn), 累死 (zh) (lèisǐ) (colloquial)

• Czech: vyčerpání n
• Dutch: uitputting (nl) f
• Finnish: nääntymys, uupumus (fi), väsymys (fi)
• French: harassement (fr) m, épuisement (fr) m
• German: Erschöpfung (de) f, Ermattung f

• Greek: εξάντληση (el) f (exántlisi)

  Ancient: ἀκηδία f (akēdía)

• Latin: dēfatīgātiō f
• Maori: kurutai, titina
• Portuguese: exaustão (pt) f
• Romanian: epuizare (ro) f, extenuare (ro) f
• Russian: истоще́ние (ru) n (istoščénije), изнеможе́ние (ru) n (iznemožénije), изнурение (ru) n (iznurenije)
• Spanish: cansancio (es) m
• Tagalog: sobrang pagod