gymnastic B2 Topic:Cause, Change & Process US /d͡ʒɪmˈnæstɪk/ See IPA manual Freq #58748 Meanings 1 adj Relating to gymnastics or physical exercises that develop strength and balance. She showed great gymnastic skill on the bars. 2 adj Quick, flexible, and skilfully agile. The dancer made a gymnastic leap across the stage. Thesaurus Synonyms 2 adj · quick, flexible, and... acrobatic Word family Derived forms gymnasticallyhydrogymnasticnongymnasticswimnasticungymnastic Common collocations gymnastic apparatus Adjective + noun Etymology AI details Borrowed from Latin gymnasticus. By surface analysis, gymnast + -ic. Topics Cause, Change & Process External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # gymnastic **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /d͡ʒɪmˈnæstɪk/ **Frequency rank:** 58748 ## Meanings 1. Relating to gymnastics or physical exercises that develop strength and balance. 2. Quick, flexible, and skilfully agile. ## Examples - She showed great gymnastic skill on the bars. - The dancer made a gymnastic leap across the stage. ## Derived Forms - gymnastically - hydrogymnastic - nongymnastic - swimnastic - ungymnastic ## Etymology Borrowed from Latin gymnasticus. By surface analysis, gymnast + -ic. ## AI Etymology Gymnastic is borrowed from Latin gymnasticus. By surface analysis, gymnast + -ic. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern adjectival form is built from the named base and affix. In current use, the main senses are “Relating to gymnastics or physical exercises that develop strength and balance” and “Quick, flexible, and skilfully agile”. ## Topics - Cause, Change & Process markdown