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Exercise Definition

exercise

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Wikipedia has articles on: Exercise (disambiguation)

Etymology

From Latin exercitium

Pronunciation

Noun

exercise (plural exercises)

  1. Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability.
    The teacher told us the next exercise is to write an essay.
  2. Physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness.

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Derived terms

Verb

exercise (third-person singular simple present exercises, present participle exercising, simple past and past participle exercised)

  1. To set into action or practice.
    He was going to exercise the horses.
  2. To perform any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability.
  3. To take action, enforce.
    The tenant exercised its option to renew the tenancy.
    She is going to exercise her right to vote.

Translations

to set into action
  • Swahili: mazoezi (sw)
to perform activities to develop skills
  • Japanese: 練習する (ja) (れんしゅうする, renshū-suru)
  • Macedonian: вежба (mk) (véžba)
  • Polish: ćwiczyć (pl)
  • Russian: упражняться (ru) (upražnját'sja), тренироваться (ru) (trenirovát'sja), практиковаться (ru) (praktikovát'sja)
  • Spanish: hacer ejercicio (es)
  • Swahili: mazoezi (sw)
  • Swedish: öva, träna, praktisera
to take action, enforce

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