exercise

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Etymology

From Latin exercitium

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪz
• (UK) IPA: /ˈɛk.sə.saɪz/, SAMPA: /"Ek.s@.saIz/
• (US) IPA: /ˈɛk.sɚ.saɪz/, SAMPA: /"Ek.s@r.saIz/

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Noun

exercise (plural exercises)

1. Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability.

   The teacher told us the next exercise is to write an essay.

2. Physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness.

Alternative forms

• exercice (rare, nominal senses only)
• excercise (rare, contemporary)

Derived terms

• exercise book
• exercise machine
• five-finger exercise
• floor exercise
• military exercise

Translations

any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability

Arabic: تَمْرِين (ar) (tamriin) m., تَدْرِيب (ar) (tadriib) m. Armenian: վարժություն (hy) (varžut’yun) Bosnian: vježba (bs) f., praksa (bs) f. Bulgarian: упражнение (bg) (upražnénie) n. Chinese: Mandarin: 練習 (cmn), 练习 (cmn) (liànxí) Croatian: vježba (hr) f., praksa (hr) f. Czech: cvičení (cs) n. Finnish: harjoitus, harjoittelu French: exercice (fr) m. German: Übung (de) f. Hindi: व्यायाम (hi) (vyāyām) m., अभ्यास (hi) (abhyās) m. Japanese: 練習 (ja) (れんしゅう, renshū) Korean: 연습 (ko) (yeonseup), (North Korea) 련습 (ko) (ryeonseup) Latin: exercitātiō (la) f., exercitium (la) n.

Macedonian: вежба (mk) (véžba) f. Malay: latihan (ms) Persian: تمرین (fa) (tamrin), مشق (fa) (mašq) Polish: ćwiczenie (pl) n. Russian: тренировка (ru) (treniróvka) f., практика (ru) (práktika) f., упражнение (ru) (upražnénije) n. Scottish Gaelic: eacarsaich (gd) f. Serbian: Cyrillic: вежба (sr) f., пракса (sr) f. Roman: vežba (sr) f., praksa (sr) f. Spanish: ejercicio (es) Swahili: mazoezi (sw) Swedish: övning (sv) c., uppgift (sv) c. Urdu: مشق (ur) (maśq) f. Vietnamese: bài tập (vi)

physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness

Arabic: تَمْرِين (ar) (tamriin) m. Armenian: վարժություն (hy) (varžut’yun) Bosnian: vježba (bs) f. Bulgarian: тренировка (bg) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 運動 (cmn), 运动 (cmn) (yùndòng) Croatian: vježba (hr) f. Czech: cvičení (cs) n. Finnish: kuntoilu, liikunta, treeni, harjoitus, harjoittelu French: exercice (fr) m. German: Übung (de) f., Training (de) n. Hindi: वर्ज़िश (hi) (varziś) f., कसरत (hi) (kasrat) f. Hungarian: edzés (hu) Japanese: 運動 (ja) (うんどう, undō), 体操 (ja) (たいそう, taisō), 体育 (ja) (たいいく, taiiku) Korean: 운동 (ko) (undong) (運動 (ko)) Latin: exercitātiō (la) f.

Macedonian: вежба (mk) (véžba) f. Malay: senaman (ms) Persian: ورزش (fa) (varzeš) Polish: ćwiczenie (pl) n. Russian: упражнение (ru) (upražnénije) n., зарядка (ru) (zarjádka) f., физзарядка (ru) (fizzarjádka) f. Scottish Gaelic: eacarsaich (gd) f. Serbian: Cyrillic: вежба (sr) f. Roman: vežba (sr) f. Spanish: ejercicio (es) Swahili: mazoezi (sw) Swedish: träning (sv) c. Urdu: ورزش (ur) (varziś) f.

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Indonesian: latihan Spanish: ejercicio m.

Verb

exercise (third-person singular simple present exercises, present participle exercising, simple past and past participle exercised)

1. To set into action or practice.

   He was going to exercise the horses.

2. To perform any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability.
3. To take action, enforce.

   The tenant exercised its option to renew the tenancy.

   She is going to exercise her right to vote.

Translations

to set into action

Finnish: käyttää, ottaa käyttöön French: exercer (fr)

Swahili: mazoezi (sw)

to perform activities to develop skills

Bulgarian: упражнявам се (bg), тренирам (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: 練習 (cmn), 练习 (cmn) (liànxí) Czech: cvičit (cs) Estonian: õppus (et) Finnish: harjoitella (fi), treenata (fi) French: exercer (fr) German: üben (de), trainieren (de) Haitian Creole: egzèse Italian: esercitare (it)

Japanese: 練習する (ja) (れんしゅうする, renshū-suru) Macedonian: вежба (mk) (véžba) Polish: ćwiczyć (pl) Russian: упражняться (ru) (upražnját'sja), тренироваться (ru) (trenirovát'sja), практиковаться (ru) (praktikovát'sja) Spanish: hacer ejercicio (es) Swahili: mazoezi (sw) Swedish: öva, träna, praktisera

to take action, enforce

Bulgarian: упражнявам (bg) Esperanto: ekzerci (eo) Finnish: käyttää (fi) French: exercer (fr) Haitian Creole: egzèse Polish: użyć władzy

Russian: использовать (ru), реализовывать (ru) Spanish: ejercer (es) Swahili: mazoezi (sw) Swedish: utnyttja (sv)

External links

• exercise in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• exercise in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911