1. Characteristic of showing great energy and effort: The trainer at the fitness studio told Jim to avoid strenuous exercise because repetition is better than overdoing it.

Farming is considered to be a strenuous occupation and climbing mountains is another strenuous activity.

The government's proposal to raise taxes has faced strenuous opposition from the citizens.

From a lexicographer's standpoint, compiling dictionaries is not a demanding profession, as a nervous and mental activity; however, it is a strenuous task to accomplish it better than most standard publications on and off the internet are doing it.

2. Etymology: borrowed from Latin strenuus, "active. vigorous, keen". © ALL rights are reserved.

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