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   Ex·er·cise

   /ˈeksərˌsīz/

   

   noun

   • 1. activity requiring physical effort, carried out to sustain or improve health and fitness: "exercise improves your heart and lung power" Similar physical activitymovementexertioneffortworka workouttrainingdrillinggymnasticssportsgamesPE (physical education)PT (physical training)aerobicsstep aerobicsjoggingrunningcircuit trainingaquarobicscalisthenicsisometricseurhythmicskeep-fitdancercisebodybuildinginformal:physical jerksinformal, dated:one's daily dozentrademark:boxercise
   • 2. a process or activity carried out for a specific purpose, especially one concerned with a specified area or skill: "an exercise in public relations"
   • ▪ a task or activity done to practice or test a skill: "there are exercises at the end of each chapter to check comprehension" Similar taskpiece of workproblemassignmentpiece of school workpiece of homeworkétude
   • ▪ a military drill or training maneuver: "training exercises with the Kuwaiti army" Similar maneuversoperationswar gamesfield day
   • ▪ ceremonies: North American "graduation exercises"
   • 3. the use or application of a faculty, right, or process: "the free exercise of religion" Similar useutilizationemploymentpracticeputting into practiceapplicationoperationexertionperformanceimplementationdischargeaccomplishment

   verb

   • 1. use or apply (a faculty, right, or process): "control is exercised by the Board" Similar useemploymake use ofutilizeavail oneself ofput to usepracticeapplybring to bearbring into playimplementexertwield
   • 2. engage in physical activity to sustain or improve health and fitness; take exercise: "she still exercised every day" Similar work outdo exerciseskeep fittraindrillengage in physical activityinformal:pump iron
   • ▪ exert (part of the body) to promote or improve muscular strength: "raise your knee to exercise the upper leg and hip muscles"
   • ▪ cause (an animal) to engage in exercise: "she exercised her dogs before breakfast"
   • 3. occupy the thoughts of; worry or perplex: "the knowledge that a larger margin was possible still exercised him" Similar worrytroubleconcernmake anxiousbotherdisturbperturbperplexpuzzledistressoccupy someone's thoughtspreoccupyprey on someone's mindgnaw atlie heavy onburdenmake uneasyagitateinformal:bugmake someone scratch their headdo someone's head inarchaic:pother

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘application of a right’): via Old French from Latin exercitium, from exercere ‘keep busy, practice’, from ex- ‘thoroughly’ + arcere ‘keep in or away’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. exercisable adjective

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