exercise

Noun

1. (countable) Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability.
2. (countable, uncountable) Activity intended to improve physical, or sometimes mental, strength and fitness.
3. (countable, uncountable) A setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use.
4. (countable, uncountable) The performance of an office, ceremony, or duty.
5. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) That which gives practice; a trial; a test.

Verb

1. To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop.
2. (intransitive) To perform physical activity for health or training.
3. (transitive) To use (a right, an option, etc.); to put into practice.
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.
5. (obsolete) To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make exertion; to give employment to.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɛk.sə.saɪz/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: exercise

In summary

From Middle English exercise, from Old French exercise, from Latin exercitium.

Synonyms

practice

drill

train

🚋

practise

training

use

exert

work out

rehearsal

perform

review

physical exercise

work

wield

usage

employment

utilization

workout

gymnastics

example

abide by

employ

ply

achieve

observe

calisthenics

utilisation

meet

abide

fulfil

keep

execute

accomplish

move

put into practice

application

coaching

prepare

sport

rehearse

do

physical exertion

apply

habit

exercising

recitation

chant

act

problem

educate

Translations

exercice

esercizio

ejercicio

Übung

exercer

esercitare

🚋

exercício

üben

exercici

oefening

άσκηση

ćwiczenie

ejercitar

oefenen

pratica

Sentences

Eric took his vitamins and continued his exercise regime .