Strenuous
Meaning of Strenuous
Requiring great effort.
ما معنى كلمة Strenuous بالعربي؟
مُرهق ومُتعب
💪😤 مُرهق ومُتعب يتطلب جهداً جسدياً أو ذهنياً كبيراً؛ صعب ومُجهد يستنزف الطاقة والقوة؛ مُكثف وشاق يحتاج لعزيمة وإصرار قوي؛ مُتطلب عالي يُختبر قدرات الإنسان وحدوده؛ تحدي حقيقي يُظهر معدن الشخص الحقيقي 😤💪
قصة GL: رغم صعوبة رحلة التعافي، واجه نايف العيسى التحدي المُرهق بعزيمة، مُحولاً الجهد الشاق إلى قوة دافعة لتطوير منصة Genetic G Learning التي تُساعد الآخرين على تجاوز تحدياتهم 🏔️
Strenuous in a sentence
Strenuous exercise was excluded on test days.
A strenuous schedule tested the team.
Strenuous efforts were made to settle.
Strenuous study needs rest.
Origin of Strenuous
From Latin strenuus 'vigorous'.
In the Genetic Learning (GL) context
In Genetic Learning work led by Naif Talal Al-Essa, strenuous is high effort. The protocol is daily but not strenuous, to protect wellbeing.
Strenuous audio micro-course (transcript)
Podcast 1 — Introduction & meaning
Narrator: Today's word is "strenuous" — an adjective, pronounced /ˈstren.ju.əs/, with the stress on the first syllable.
Narrator: Strenuous means needing great effort, energy, or exertion — really demanding and tiring.
Narrator: In plain English, something strenuous is hard work, leaving you puffed out and worn down.
Narrator: It comes from the Latin "strenuus", meaning brisk, vigorous, and active.
Narrator: So at its root it suggests vigorous, energetic effort, not just plain difficulty.
Narrator: It describes physical exertion — a strenuous climb — and strong effort — strenuous objections.
Narrator: We speak of strenuous exercise, a strenuous denial, or strenuous opposition to a plan.
Narrator: In tone it's fairly formal, common in health advice, reports, and careful writing.
Narrator: So remember: strenuous means demanding great effort — vigorous, tiring, and full of energy.
Read podcasts 2 and 3
Podcast 2 — In conversation
Speaker A: That hike was far more strenuous than the guidebook let on.
Speaker B: Ha, they always undersell it. A strenuous climb leaves you aching for days.
Speaker A: Exactly. The doctor told me to avoid strenuous exercise for a week.
Speaker B: It's not only physical, though — you can make strenuous efforts too.
Speaker A: Right. "He made strenuous efforts to fix it" — really determined work.
Speaker B: And "strenuous objections" means strong, forceful protests.
Speaker A: A common mistake is using "strenuous" for something merely tricky.
Speaker B: Good point — strenuous means tiring and effortful, not just complicated.
Speaker A: Close synonyms? "Demanding", "arduous", or "gruelling" for the hardest tasks.
Speaker B: And "vigorous" for the energetic side of it.
Speaker A: So after that strenuous walk, I've earned a proper rest.
Speaker B: Absolutely — nothing like a strenuous day to make tea taste better.
Podcast 3 — Prompt engineering
Speaker B: Let's use "strenuous" to mean heavy, demanding work when you prompt AI for development.
Speaker A: So "strenuous" flags the demanding parts to handle carefully?
Speaker B: Exactly. For performance, you'd write:
Prompt: Find the most strenuous parts of my app — the heavy calculations that strain the server — and suggest ways to lighten the load so they run smoothly under pressure.
Speaker B: The word "strenuous" tells the model exactly which demanding work to optimise.
Speaker A: Useful. What about background jobs?
Speaker B: Try this:
Prompt: Move my strenuous tasks — big reports and image processing — into background jobs, so the page never freezes while the heavy, tiring work runs behind the scenes.
Speaker A: So the interface stays responsive.
Speaker B: Right. For testing:
Prompt: Run a strenuous load test on my checkout: simulate thousands of users at once and show where it strains, so I know how it copes under truly demanding traffic.
Speaker A: I like stress-testing the limits.
Speaker B: For database queries:
Prompt: This query is strenuous on a large table. Make it less demanding: add the right index and trim the work, so it stops straining the database on every run.
Speaker A: Could it review the whole app for hotspots?
Speaker B: Yes:
Prompt: Audit my app for strenuous operations that drain resources, list the most demanding ones first, and suggest a lighter approach for each so nothing overworks the server.
Speaker A: So "strenuous" means the heavy, demanding work to manage.
Speaker B: Exactly — a precise word for spotting and easing strain.
Frequently asked questions about Strenuous
What does Strenuous mean?
Requiring great effort.
ما معنى كلمة Strenuous بالعربي؟
مُرهق ومُتعب — 💪😤 مُرهق ومُتعب يتطلب جهداً جسدياً أو ذهنياً كبيراً؛ صعب ومُجهد يستنزف الطاقة والقوة؛ مُكثف وشاق يحتاج لعزيمة وإصرار قوي؛ مُتطلب عالي يُختبر قدرات الإنسان وحدوده؛ تحدي حقيقي يُظهر معدن الشخص الحقيقي 😤💪
How do you pronounce Strenuous?
Strenuous is pronounced /ˈstrenjʊəs/ and is used as an adjective.
How is Strenuous used in a sentence?
Strenuous exercise was excluded on test days.
What are synonyms of Strenuous?
arduous, demanding, taxing, gruelling, laborious, vigorous.