exercise
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
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.
Inflected forms:
form: exercises
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: exercize
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: exercice
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: exercises
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: exercising
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: exercised
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: exercised
pos: verb
tags: past
form: exercize
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: exercice
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: The teacher told us that the next exercise is to write an essay.
Where noyse of armes, or vew of martiall guize / Might not reuiue desire of knightly exercize.
an exercise of the eyes and memory
gloss: Activity intended to improve physical, or sometimes mental, strength and fitness.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: I like to do my exercises every morning before breakfast. I do calisthenics for physical exercise, and I do crosswords for mental exercise.
Regular mental exercise keeps the circuits of the brain active and healthy and reduces the risk of dementia.
gloss: Activity intended to improve physical, or sometimes mental, strength and fitness.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Swimming is good exercise.
She does stomach exercises every day.
This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.[…]He was smooth-faced, and his fresh skin and well-developed figure bespoke the man in good physical condition through active exercise, yet well content with the world's apportionment.
gloss: Activity intended to improve physical, or sometimes mental, strength and fitness.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Such exercises as puzzles and chess can help keep the mind sharp as we age.
gloss: A setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The law guarantees us the free exercise of our rights.
We urge the exercise of patience and restraint.
December 8, 1801, Thomas Jefferson, first annual message
exercise of the important function confided by the constitution to the legislature
O we will walk this world, / Yoked in all exercise of noble end.
gloss: The performance of an office, ceremony, or duty.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: I assisted the ailing vicar in the exercise of his parish duties.
Lewis[…] refused even those of the church of England[…]the public exercise of their religion.
He doth entreat your Grace, my noble lord, To visit him tomorrow or next day. To draw him from his holy exercise.
gloss: That which gives practice; a trial; a test.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: But patience is more oft the exerciſe / Of Saints, the trial of thir fortitude,
gloss: To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop.
pos: verb
examples: to exercise troops or horses;  to exercise one's brain with a puzzle
gloss: To perform physical activity for health or training.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: I exercise at the gym every day.
gloss: To use (a right, an option, etc.); to put into practice.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: exercise caution
The tenant exercised his option to renew the tenancy.
She is going to exercise her right to vote.
The people of the land haue vsed oppression, and exercised robbery, and haue vexed the poore and needie: yea, they haue oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
The pre-grouping railway managements were very chary about allowing other people's trains on their territory, and there were many instances where running powers granted by Act of Parliament were never actually excercised because of difficulties deliberately put in the way.
gloss: 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.
pos: verb
examples: exercised with pain
It is not a question that has exercised me greatly in the past.
Where pain of unextinguiſhable fire / Muſt exerciſe us without hope of end
gloss: To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make exertion; to give employment to.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
examples: And herein doe I exercise my selfe to haue alwayes a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.
Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence.
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:
lang: Albanian
word: Kalit
lang: Albanian
word: Stervit
lang: Albanian
word: Ushtrohem
lang: Arabic
word: تَمْرِين
roman: tamrīn
lang: Armenian
word: վարժություն
roman: varžutʻyun
lang: Basque
word: ariketa
lang: Belarusian
word: зара́дка
roman: zarádka
lang: Belarusian
word: трэніро́ўка
roman: trenirówka
lang: Bengali
word: ব্যায়াম
roman: bêẏam
lang: Bulgarian
word: трениро́вка
roman: treniróvka
lang: Burmese
word: လေ့ကျင့်ခန်း
roman: le.kyang.hkan:
lang: Catalan
word: exercici
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 運動 /运动
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 運動 /运动
roman: yùndòng
lang: Czech
word: cvičení
lang: Dutch
word: lichaamsbeweging
lang: Esperanto
word: ekzerco
lang: Estonian
word: harjutus
lang: Finnish
word: kuntoilu
lang: Finnish
word: liikunta
lang: Finnish
word: treeni
lang: Finnish
word: harjoitus
lang: Finnish
word: harjoittelu
lang: Finnish
word: jumppa
lang: Finnish
word: voimailu
lang: French
word: exercice
lang: Georgian
word: ვარჯიში
roman: varǯiši
lang: German
word: Übung
lang: German
word: Training
lang: German
word: Sport
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌿𐍃𐌸𐍂𐍉𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃
roman: usþrōþeins
lang: Greek
word: γυμναστική
roman: gymnastikí
lang: Ancient Greek
word: γυμνάσια
roman: gumnásia
lang: Ancient Greek
word: σωμασκία
roman: sōmaskía
lang: Hebrew
word: תַּרְגִּיל
roman: targíl
lang: Hindi
word: वर्ज़िश
roman: varziś
lang: Hindi
word: कसरत
roman: kasrat
lang: Hindi
word: व्यायाम
roman: vyāyām
lang: Hungarian
word: edzés
lang: Hungarian
word: torna
lang: Hungarian
word: mozgás
lang: Hungarian
word: testmozgás
lang: Hungarian
word: testgyakorlás
lang: Indonesian
word: latihan
lang: Indonesian
word: olahraga
lang: Italian
word: esercizio
lang: Japanese
word: 運動
roman: undō
lang: Japanese
word: 体操
roman: taisō
lang: Japanese
word: 体育
roman: taiiku
lang: Japanese
word: エクササイズ
roman: ekusasaizu
lang: Kazakh
word: жаттығу
roman: jattyğu
lang: Korean
word: 운동
roman: undong
lang: Latin
word: exercitātiō
lang: Latin
word: exercitium
lang: Latvian
word: vingrojums
lang: Latvian
word: vingrinājums
lang: Ligurian
word: esercìçio
lang: Lithuanian
word: pratimas
lang: Lithuanian
word: mankšta
lang: Macedonian
word: ве́жба
roman: véžba
lang: Malay
word: senaman
lang: Malayalam
word: വ്യായാമം
roman: vyāyāmaṁ
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: mosjon
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: øvelse
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: øving
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: mosjon
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: øving
lang: Iranian Persian
word: وَرْزِش
roman: varzeš
lang: Polish
word: ćwiczenie
lang: Portuguese
word: exercício
lang: Punjabi
word: ਵਰਜ਼ਸ਼
roman: varzaś
lang: Romanian
word: exercițiu
lang: Russian
word: упражне́ние
roman: upražnénije
lang: Russian
word: заря́дка
roman: zarjádka
lang: Russian
word: физзаря́дка
roman: fizzarjádka
lang: Russian
word: трениро́вка
roman: treniróvka
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: eacarsaich
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ве̏жба
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: вје̏жба
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: vȅžba
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: vjȅžba
lang: Sinhalese
word: ව්යායාමය
roman: wyāyāmaya
lang: Slovak
word: cvičenie
lang: Slovene
word: gibanje
lang: Slovene
word: vadba
lang: Spanish
word: ejercicio
lang: Spanish
word: ejercitación
lang: Swahili
word: mazoezi
lang: Swedish
word: träning
lang: Tajik
word: машқ
roman: mašq
lang: Tajik
word: варзиш
roman: varziš
lang: Tamil
word: உடற்பயிற்சி
roman: uṭaṟpayiṟci
lang: Thai
word: การออกกำลังกาย
roman: gaan-ɔ̀ɔk-gam-lang-gaai
lang: Turkish
word: egzersiz
lang: Ukrainian
word: впра́ва
roman: vpráva
lang: Ukrainian
word: заря́дка
roman: zarjádka
lang: Ukrainian
word: тренува́ння
roman: trenuvánnja
lang: Urdu
word: وَرْزِش
roman: varziś
lang: Urdu
word: کسرت
roman: kasrat
lang: Urdu
word: رِیاضَت
roman: riyāzat
lang: Vietnamese
word: vận động
lang: Vietnamese
word: thể dục
lang: Volapük
word: koapaskilükam
lang: Welsh
word: ymarfer
lang: Bulgarian
word: упражня́вам
roman: upražnjávam
lang: Catalan
word: exercir
lang: Esperanto
word: ekzerci
lang: Finnish
word: käyttää
lang: French
word: exercer
lang: Haitian Creole
word: egzèse
lang: Hungarian
word: gyakorol
lang: Hungarian
word: érvényesít
lang: Hungarian
word: érvényre juttat
lang: Italian
word: impiegare
lang: Latvian
word: izmantot
lang: Latvian
word: realizēt
lang: Polish
word: użyć władzy
lang: Portuguese
word: agir
lang: Portuguese
word: proceder
lang: Russian
word: испо́льзовать
roman: ispólʹzovatʹ
lang: Russian
word: реализо́вывать
roman: realizóvyvatʹ
lang: Spanish
word: ejercer
lang: Swedish
word: utnyttja
lang: Ukrainian
word: зді́йснювати
roman: zdíjsnjuvaty