exercise
/'eksəsaiz/
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Definition
Noun:
- Physical activity for health or training: The activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit or improve health.
- A task for skill development: A specific task, drill, or problem solved to develop a skill or understanding, often as part of study or training.
- The use or application of something: The act of using a right, power, faculty, or ability.
- A ceremony or formal event: (Often plural) A formal ceremony involving speeches and processions, especially at an academic institution.
Verb:
- To engage in physical activity: To perform physical activity to strengthen the body or maintain health.
- To use or apply: To put something (like a right, power, or skill) into use or action.
- To train or practice: To perform a repeated activity to learn or perfect a skill.
- To engage the mind or attention: To give a task to the mind; to occupy or challenge mentally.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- Regular exercise is essential for good health.
- The textbook includes an exercise at the end of each chapter.
- The wise exercise of power is a mark of good leadership.
- She attended the graduation exercises.
Verb:
- It is important to exercise for at least 30 minutes a day.
- Citizens should exercise their right to vote.
- He exercises his memory by learning a new word daily.
- This complex problem will exercise your analytical skills.
Advanced Usage
"to exercise caution/restraint": To use or show a particular quality in a situation.
- You should exercise extreme caution when driving in fog.
"to exercise control/influence over": To use authority or power to direct or affect something.
- The manager exercises direct control over the project's budget.
"to exercise one's mind": To engage in thought or mental activity.
- Reading philosophy is a good way to exercise your mind.
Variants and Related Words
- Exerciser (n): A person who exercises; a device used for physical exercise.
- Exercisable (adj): Capable of being used or put into practice (e.g., an exercisable option).
Synonyms
- Noun (Activity): Workout, training, physical activity.
- Noun (Task): Drill, practice, assignment.
- Verb (Use): Employ, utilize, wield.
- Verb (Practice): Drill, rehearse, train.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Exercise over: (Formal) To be worried or anxious about something.
- He was greatly exercised over the financial report. (This usage is less common and formal.)
Related Idioms
- A healthy mind in a healthy body: This proverb is often associated with the benefits of regular physical and mental exercise.
- Use it or lose it: An informal saying implying that skills or abilities degrade without practice or exercise.
Noun
- (usually plural) a ceremony that involves processions and speeches
- academic exercises
- a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding
- you must work the examples at the end of each chapter in the textbook
- systematic training by multiple repetitions
- practice makes perfect
- the act of using
- he warned against the use of narcotic drugs
- skilled in the utilization of computers
- the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit
- the doctor recommended regular exercise
- he did some exercising
- the physical exertion required by his work kept him fit
Verb
- learn by repetition
- We drilled French verbs every day
- Pianists practice scales
- do physical exercise
- She works out in the gym every day
- give a workout to
- Some parents exercise their infants
- My personal trainer works me hard
- work one's muscles
- this puzzle will exercise your mind
- carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions
- practice law
- put to use
- exert one's power or influence