exercise

noun
ex·er·cise
/ˈɛk.sə.saɪz/

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

Example

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

Other meanings

Activity intended to improve physical, or sometimes mental, strength and fitness.
“I like to do my exercises every morning before breakfast. I do calisthenics for physical exercise, and I do crosswords for mental exercise.”
Such activity of physical nature, for physical fitness (plus also mental benefit).

Synonyms

example

Related words

aquacise
boxercise
cyberexercise
dancercise
deskercise
ekker
exercisewear
exercisible
exercycle
exergame
exergaming
exertainment

Example sentences

“I want to exercise my right to remain silent.”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
“Cookie never uses the exercise wheel.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“The proof is left as an exercise to the reader.”
Tatoeba · deniko · CC0

Word history

From Latin "exercitium".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “exercise” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.