Meaning of 'exercise' (Webster Dictionary)
- The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing;
employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use;
habitual activity; occupation, in general; practice.
- Exertion for the sake of training or improvement whether
physical, intellectual, or moral; practice to acquire skill, knowledge,
virtue, perfectness, grace, etc.
- Bodily exertion for the sake of keeping the organs and
functions in a healthy state; hygienic activity; as, to take exercise
on horseback.
- The performance of an office, a ceremony, or a religious
duty.
- That which is done for the sake of exercising,
practicing, training, or promoting skill, health, mental, improvement,
moral discipline, etc.; that which is assigned or prescribed for such
ends; hence, a disquisition; a lesson; a task; as, military or naval
exercises; musical exercises; an exercise in composition.
- That which gives practice; a trial; a test.
- To exercise one's self, as under military training; to
drill; to take exercise; to use action or exertion; to practice
gymnastics; as, to exercise for health or amusement.
- To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make
exertion; to give employment to; to put in action habitually or
constantly; to school or train; to exert repeatedly; to busy.
- To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to
practice in order to develop; hence, also, to improve by practice; to
discipline, and to use or to for the purpose of training; as, to
exercise arms; to exercise one's self in music; to exercise troops.
- 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; to affect; to discipline; as, exercised with
pain.
- To put in practice; to carry out in action; to perform
the duties of; to use; to employ; to practice; as, to exercise
authority; to exercise an office.
Meaning of 'exercise' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- (usually plural) a ceremony that involves processions and speeches
Meaning (2):
- an action, often used negatively and without consequences
Example in sentence:- an exercise in cheap talk;
- an exercise in futility
Meaning (3):
- the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit
Example in sentence:- he did some exercising;
- the doctor recommended regular exercise;
- the physical exertion required by his work kept him fit
Meaning (4):
- the act of using
Example in sentence:- he warned against the use of narcotic drugs;
- skilled in the utilization of computers
Meaning (5):
- systematic training by multiple repetitions
Meaning (6):
- a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding
Example in sentence:- you must work the examples at the end of each chapter in the textbook
Meaning (7):
- put to use
Example in sentence:- exert one's power or influence
Meaning (8):
- give a workout to
Example in sentence:- My personal trainer works me hard;
- Some parents exercise their infants;
- this puzzle will exercise your mind;
- work one's muscles
Meaning (9):
- learn by repetition
Example in sentence:- Pianists practice scales;
- We drilled French verbs every day
Meaning (10):
- carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions
Meaning (11):
- do physical exercise
Example in sentence:- She works out in the gym every day
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