exercise

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

exercises

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

exercise

past (v2)

exercised

past participle (v3)

exercised

present participle

exercising

3rd person singular

exercises

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability.

   • The teacher told us that the next exercise is to write an essay.
   • Where noyse of armes, or vew of martiall guize / Might not reuiue desire of knightly exercize.

2. 2.Activity intended to improve physical, or sometimes mental, strength and fitness.

   • She does stomach exercises every day.
   • Such exercises as puzzles and chess can help keep the mind sharp as we age.
   • Regular mental exercise keeps the circuits of the brain active and healthy and reduces the risk of dementia.

3. 3.A setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use.

   • We urge the exercise of patience and restraint.
   • The law guarantees us the free exercise of our rights.
   • O we will walk this world, / Yoked in all exercise of noble end.

4. 4.The performance of an office, ceremony, or duty.

   • I assisted the ailing vicar in the exercise of his parish duties.
   • Lewis[…] refused even those of the church of England[…]the public exercise of their religion.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop.

2. 2.To perform physical activity for health or training.

   • I exercise at the gym every day.

3. 3.To use (a right, an option, etc.); to put into practice.

   • She is going to exercise her right to vote.
   • The tenant exercised his option to renew the tenancy.
   • The people of the land haue vsed oppression, and exercised robbery, and haue vexed the poore and needie: yea, they haue oppressed the stranger wrongfully.

4. 4.To occupy the attention and effort of; to task; to tax, especially in a painful or vexatious manner; harass; to vex; to worry or make anxious.

   • It is not a question that has exercised me greatly in the past.

Overall

Common· #1817

By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Rare

General reading & writing

Common

Academic

Uncommon

Literature

Rare

Synonyms

• workout