🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

워밍업

Pronunciation / Transliteration: weoming-eob

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Warm-Up/ˈwɔːrm ʌp/
nounverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"운동 전에 워밍업을 하는 것이 중요하다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A session of gentle exercise or practice to prepare for more intense activity.

    "Before the game, the players engaged in a warm-up to prevent injuries."
As verb
  1. 1

    To prepare for physical activity by engaging in light exercise.

    "It's important to warm up before you start running to avoid muscle strain."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'warm-up' originates from the combination of 'warm', derived from Old English 'wearm', meaning 'having a moderate degree of heat', and 'up', a preposition indicating direction. The phrase has evolved in the 20th century to refer to preparatory exercises before physical activity.

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