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Pronunciation

Noun

Singular bodybuilding

Plural uncountable

bodybuilding (uncountable)

  1. A sport in which the aesthetics of muscular development is the basis for competition.
    • 1974, Charles Gaines & George Butler, Pumping Iron: The Art and Sport of Bodybuilding, page 7.
      Like those activities, bodybuilding is an obsession, a living (for a few), and a way of life for the people involved in it—a subculture, in a word, with its own values, aesthetics and vocabulary.
  2. (archaic) Work done to construct or repair the body of an automobile.
    • 2006 — Larry Scott (interview), Iron Man 65(5): 258
      "In my day, if you filled out your shirt, people assumed you played football or wrestled. The term bodybuilding had more to do with cars than lifting weights."

Quotations

For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

Related terms

Danish

Noun

bodybuilding c. (singular definite bodybuildingen, not used in plural form)

  1. bodybuilding

Dutch

Noun

bodybuilding

  1. bodybuilding

Finnish

Noun

bodybuilding

  1. bodybuilding

Declension

Declension of bodybuilding (type risti)
singular plural
nominative bodybuilding bodybuildingit
genitive bodybuildingin bodybuildingien
partitive bodybuildingia bodybuildingeja
accusative bodybuilding bodybuildingin bodybuildingit
inessive bodybuildingissa bodybuildingeissa
elative bodybuildingista bodybuildingeista
illative bodybuildingiin bodybuildingeihin
adessive bodybuildingilla bodybuildingeilla
ablative bodybuildingilta bodybuildingeilta
allative bodybuildingille bodybuildingeille
essive bodybuildingina bodybuildingeina
translative bodybuildingiksi bodybuildingeiksi
instructive – bodybuildingein
abessive bodybuildingitta bodybuildingeitta
comitative – bodybuildingeineen

Synonyms

Swedish

Noun

bodybuilding

  1. bodybuilding

 

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