Meaning

(countable) Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability..

Definitions by Sense

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. A setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use.
4. The performance of an office, ceremony, or duty.
5. (obsolete) That which gives practice; a trial; a test.
6. To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop.
7. (intransitive) To perform physical activity for health or training.
8. (transitive) To use (a right, an option, etc.); to put into practice.

Example Sentences

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.

an exercise of the eyes and memory

I like to do my exercises every morning before breakfast. I do calisthenics for physical exercise, and I do crosswords for mental exercise.

Regular mental exercise keeps the circuits of the brain active and healthy and reduces the risk of dementia.

The law guarantees us the free exercise of our rights.

We urge the exercise of patience and restraint.

December 8, 1801, Thomas Jefferson, first annual message exercise of the important function confided by the constitution to the legislature

Word Forms

• exercises
• exercize
• exercice
• exercising
• exercised

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When Should You Use Exercise?

Use exercise when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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