English Explanatory Dictionary

exercise

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability.
  2. Activity intended to improve physical, or sometimes mental, strength and fitness.
  3. Such activity of physical nature, for physical fitness (plus also mental benefit).
  4. Such activity of mental nature, for neurocognitive health.
  5. A setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use.
  6. The performance of an office, ceremony, or duty.
  7. 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. To perform physical activity for health or training.
  3. 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. To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make exertion; to give employment to.

Pronunciation

/ˈɛk.sə.saɪz/ /ˈɛk.sɚ.saɪz/ en-us-exercise.ogg /ˈek.sə.sɑez/ /ˈek.sə.saɪz/

Word forms

exercise exercises exercize exercice exercising exercised

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *h₂erk-der. Proto-Italic *arkeō Latin arceō Latin exerceō Latin exercitiumder. Old French exercisebor. Middle English exercise English exercise From Middle English exercise, from Old French exercise, from Latin exercitium.

Synonyms

practice practicing drill drilling assert

Related words

train work out exorcise

Derived words

aquacise boxercise Brandt-Daroff exercise compound exercise cyberexercise dancercise deskercise ekker exercise ball exercise bicycle exercise bike exercise bone exercise book exercise boy exercise bulimia exercise cycle exercise for the reader exercise in futility exercise machine exercise price exercise regime exercise track exercisewear exercise wheel exercisible exercycle exergame exergaming exertainment five-finger exercise five finger exercise floor exercise free-exercise clause in-basket exercise in-tray exercise jazzercise low exercise price option manual exercise military exercise nonexercise postexercise preexercise pregnercise rebound exercise run for the exercise sexercise training exercise vacuum exercise watercise exercisability exercisable exercised exerciser exercise the ferret exercising nonexercising outexercise overexercise underexercise unexercised

Translations

Albanian: Kalit Albanian: Stervit Albanian: Ushtrohem Arabic: تَمْرِين Armenian: վարժություն Basque: ariketa Belarusian: зара́дка Belarusian: трэніро́ўка Bengali: ব্যায়াম Bulgarian: трениро́вка Burmese: လေ့ကျင့်ခန်း Catalan: exercici Chinese Cantonese: 運動 /运动 Chinese Mandarin: 運動 /运动 Czech: cvičení Dutch: lichaamsbeweging Esperanto: ekzerco Estonian: harjutus Finnish: kuntoilu Finnish: liikunta Finnish: treeni Finnish: harjoitus Finnish: harjoittelu Finnish: jumppa Finnish: voimailu French: exercice Georgian: ვარჯიში German: Übung German: Training German: Sport Gothic: 𐌿𐍃𐌸𐍂𐍉𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 Greek: γυμναστική Ancient Greek: γυμνάσια Ancient Greek: σωμασκία Hebrew: תַּרְגִּיל Hindi: वर्ज़िश Hindi: कसरत Hindi: व्यायाम Hungarian: edzés Hungarian: torna Hungarian: mozgás Hungarian: testmozgás Hungarian: testgyakorlás Indonesian: latihan Indonesian: olahraga Italian: esercizio Japanese: 運動 Japanese: 体操 Japanese: 体育 Japanese: エクササイズ Kazakh: жаттығу Korean: 운동 Latin: exercitātiō Latin: exercitium Latvian: vingrojums Latvian: vingrinājums Ligurian: esercìçio Lithuanian: pratimas Lithuanian: mankšta Macedonian: ве́жба Malay: senaman Malayalam: വ്യായാമം Norwegian Bokmål: mosjon Norwegian Bokmål: øvelse Norwegian Bokmål: øving Norwegian Nynorsk: mosjon Norwegian Nynorsk: øving Iranian Persian: وَرْزِش Bulgarian: упражня́вам Catalan: exercir Esperanto: ekzerci Finnish: käyttää French: exercer Haitian Creole: egzèse Hungarian: gyakorol Hungarian: érvényesít Hungarian: érvényre juttat Italian: impiegare Latvian: izmantot Latvian: realizēt Polish: użyć władzy Portuguese: agir Portuguese: proceder Russian: испо́льзовать Russian: реализо́вывать Spanish: ejercer Swedish: utnyttja Ukrainian: зді́йснювати
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