exercise

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Etymology

From Latin exercitium

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪz
• (UK) IPA: /ˈɛk.sə.saɪz/, X-SAMPA: /"Ek.s@.saIz/
• (US) IPA: /ˈɛk.sɚ.saɪz/, X-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)
• Bulgarian: упражнение (bg) (upražnénie) n
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 練習 (cmn), 练习 (cmn) (liànxí)

• Czech: cvičení (cs) n
• Finnish: harjoitus (fi), harjoittelu (fi)
• French: exercice (fr) m
• Georgian: ვარჯიში (ka) (varjishi), სავარჯიშო (ka) (savarjisho)
• German: Übung (de) f
• Greek: άσκηση (el) (áskisi) f
• Hindi: व्यायाम (hi) (vyāyām) m, अभ्यास (hi) (abhyās) m
• Hungarian: gyakorlat (hu), gyakorlás (hu)
• 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

• Lithuanian: uždavinys (lt)
• Macedonian: вежба (mk) (véžba) f
• Malay: latihan (ms), latih tubi (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
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: вјежба (sh) f, вежба (sh) f, пракса (sh) f

  Roman: vježba (sh) f, vežba (sh) f, praksa (sh) 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)
• Bulgarian: тренировка (bg) (trenirovka) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 運動 (cmn), 运动 (cmn) (yùndòng)

• Czech: cvičení (cs) n
• Finnish: kuntoilu (fi), liikunta (fi), treeni (fi), harjoitus (fi), harjoittelu (fi)
• French: exercice (fr) m
• Georgian: ვარჯიში (ka) (varǰiši)
• German: Übung (de) f (a specific excercise), Training (de) n, Sport (de) m (general exercising)
• Greek: γυμναστική (el) (gymnastikí) f
• 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
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: упражнение (ru) (upražnénije) n, зарядка (ru) (zarjádka) f, физзарядка (ru) (fizzarjádka) f
• Scottish Gaelic: eacarsaich (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: вежба (sh) f, вјежба (sh) f

  Roman: vežba (sh) f, vježba (sh) f

• Spanish: ejercicio (es)
• Swahili: mazoezi (sw)
• Swedish: träning (sv) c
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Urdu: ورزش (ur) (varziś) f
• Volapük: koapaskilükam (vo)

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Translations to be checked

• Indonesian: latihan (id)
• Spanish: ejercicio (es) 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)

• Hungarian: edz (hu)
• Swahili: mazoezi (sw)

to perform activities to develop skills

• Bulgarian: упражнявам се (bg) (upražnjavam se), тренирам (bg) (treniram)
• 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
• Hungarian: gyakorol (hu)

• 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) (upražnjavam)
• Esperanto: ekzerci (eo)
• Finnish: käyttää (fi)
• French: exercer (fr)
• Haitian Creole: egzèse
• Hungarian: gyakorol (hu)

• Polish: użyć władzy
• Russian: использовать (ru) (ispolʹzovatʹ), реализовывать (ru) (realizovyvatʹ)
• 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