exercise
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exercise/ˈeksəsʌɪz/
▶noun
- 1 physical activity carried out for the sake of health and fitness.
- 2 an activity carried out for a specific purpose: an exercise in public relations.
■ a task set to practise or test a skill.
■ a military drill or training manoeuvre.
- 3 the application of a faculty, right, or process: the exercise of authority.
- 4 (exercises) N. Amer. ceremonies.
- 1 use or apply (a faculty, right, or process).
- 2 take or subject to physical exercise.
- 3 worry or perplex.
– derivatives
exercisable adjective,
exerciser noun.
exercisable adjective,
exerciser noun.
– origin ME: via OFr. from L. exercitium, from exercere ‘keep busy, practise’.
'exercise' also found in these Oxford entries:
activewear
- aerobic
- aerobicized
- ascetic
- baby bouncer
- bench press
- bodybuilder
- breath
- bullpen
- burn
- cardio
- chin
- claudication
- clean
- comprehension
- control freak
- cosmetic
- craft
- curl
- dancercise
- declamation
- defeat
- democracy
- dumb-bell
- ergometer
- étude
- evzone
- example
- exercise bike
- exercise book
- exercise price
- exercise yard
- Falun Gong
- fat camp
- field day
- fifth
- fit
- gestation
- gymnasium
- health club
- health farm
- Hellerwork
- Indian club
- intellectualism
- interpose
- jog
- kingmaker
- lactic acid
- leotard
