exercise - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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From Middle English exercise, from Old French exercise, from Latin exercitium.
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɛk.sə.saɪz/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɛk.sɚ.saɪz/
- Hyphenation: ex‧er‧cise
exercise (countable and uncountable, plural exercises)
- (countable) Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability.
The teacher told us that the next exercise is to write an essay.
- (countable, uncountable) Activity intended to improve physical, or sometimes mental, strength and fitness.
Swimming is good exercise.
I like to do my exercises every morning before breakfast.
I do crosswords for mental exercise.
1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
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.
2018, Timothy R. Jennings, The Aging Brain, →ISBN, page 107:
Regular mental exercise keeps the circuits of the brain active and healthy and reduces the risk of dementia.
- A setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use.
The law guarantees us the free exercise of our rights.
- December 8, 1801, Thomas Jefferson, first annual message
- exercise of the important function confided by the constitution to the legislature
1847, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the page number, or |part=Prologue, I to VII, or conclusion)”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:
O we will walk this world, / Yoked in all exercise of noble end.
- The performance of an office, ceremony, or duty.
I assisted the ailing vicar in the exercise of his parish duties.
1705, J[oseph] Addison, Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c. in the Years 1701, 1702, 1703, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
Lewis […] refused even those of the church of England […] the public exercise of their religion.
c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene vii]:
He doth entreat your Grace, my noble lord, To visit him tomorrow or next day. To draw him from his holy exercise.
- (obsolete) That which gives practice; a trial; a test.
1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 77:
But patience is more oft the exerciſe / Of Saints, the trial of thir fortitude,
- aquacise
- boxercise
- Brandt-Daroff exercise
- compound exercise
- cyberexercise
- dancercise
- deskercise
- ekker
- exercise ball
- exercise bicycle
- exercise bike
- exercise bone
- exercise book
- 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
- rebound exercise
- run for the exercise
- sexercise
- training exercise
- vacuum exercise
- watercise
any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability
- Albanian: ushtrim (sq) m
- Arabic: تَمْرِين m (tamrīn), تَدْرِيب (ar) m (tadrīb)
- Armenian: վարժություն (hy) (varžutʻyun)
- Azerbaijani: məşq (az), təmrin, çalışma (az), təlim (az)
- Basque: ariketa
- Belarusian: практыкава́нне n (praktykavánnje)
- Bengali: please add this translation if you can
- Bulgarian: упражне́ние (bg) n (upražnénie)
- Burmese: လေ့ကျင့်ခန်း (my) (le.kyang.hkan:)
- Catalan: exercici (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Czech: cvičení (cs) n
- Danish: øvelse (da) c
- Dutch: oefening (nl) f
- Esperanto: ekzerco
- Estonian: harjutus
- Finnish: harjoitus (fi), harjoittelu (fi)
- French: exercice (fr) m
- Galician: exercicio (gl) m
- Georgian: ვარჯიში (varǯiši), სავარჯიშო (savarǯišo)
- German: Übung (de) f
- Greek: άσκηση (el) f (áskisi)
- Hebrew: תַּרְגִּיל (he) m (targíl)
- Hindi: व्यायाम (hi) m (vyāyām), अभ्यास (hi) m (abhyās), रियाज़ f (riyāz)
- Hungarian: gyakorlat (hu), feladat (hu), (uncountable sense) gyakorlás (hu)
- Icelandic: æfing (is) f
- Indonesian: latihan (id)
- Ingrian: upražnenja
- Japanese: 練習 (ja) (れんしゅう, renshū)
- Kazakh: жаттығу (jattyğu)
- Khmer: ការិយកម្ម (km) (kaareyaʼkam), ការិយកិច្ច (kaareyaʼkəc)
- Korean: 연습(練習) (ko) (yeonseup), 련습(練習) (ko) (ryeonseup) (North Korea)
- Kurdish:
- Kyrgyz: көнүгүү (ky) (könügüü), машыгуу (ky) (maşıguu)
- Lao: ບົດເຝິກຫັດ (bot fœk hat)
- Latin: exercitātiō f, exercitium n
- Latvian: uzdevums m, vingrinājums m
- Ligurian: esercìçio m
- Lithuanian: uždavinys m, pratimas m
- Macedonian: вежба f (vežba)
- Malay: latihan (ms), latih tubi
- Malayalam: അഭ്യാസം (ml) (abhyāsaṁ)
- Mongolian:
- Norwegian:
- Pashto: مشق m (mašq), تمرين (ps) m (tamrín)
- Persian:
- Iranian Persian: تَمْرین (tamrin), مَشْق (mašğ), اِگْزِرْسیز (egzersiz) (dated)
- Polish: ćwiczenie (pl) n
- Portuguese: exercício (pt) m
- Romanian: exercițiu (ro) n
- Russian: упражне́ние (ru) n (upražnénije) (a specific exercise), трениро́вка (ru) f (treniróvka), пра́ктика (ru) f (práktika)
- Scottish Gaelic: eacarsaich f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovak: cvičenie n
- Slovene: vaja f, vadba f
- Spanish: ejercicio (es) m
- Swahili: mazoezi (sw)
- Swedish: övning (sv) c, uppgift (sv) c
- Tagalog: pagsasanay (tl)
- Tajik: машқ (mašq)
- Thai: แบบฝึกหัด (th) (bɛ̀ɛp-fʉ̀k-hàt)
- Turkish: egzersiz (tr), temrin (tr)
- Turkmen: maşk
- Ukrainian: впра́ва (uk) f (vpráva)
- Urdu: مَشْق f (maśq), مَشّاقی f (maśśāqī), تَمْرِین f (tamrīn)
- Uyghur: مەشق (meshq)
- Uzbek: mashq (uz)
- Vietnamese: luyện tập (vi) (練習)
- Walloon: egzercice (wa) m
physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness
- Albanian : Kalit (sq) , Stervit (sq) , Ushtrohem (sq)
- Arabic: تَمْرِين m (tamrīn)
- Armenian: վարժություն (hy) (varžutʻyun)
- Basque: ariketa
- Belarusian: зара́дка f (zarádka), трэніро́ўка f (treniróŭka)
- Bengali: ব্যায়াম (bn) (bêẏam)
- Bulgarian: трениро́вка (bg) f (treniróvka)
- Burmese: လေ့ကျင့်ခန်း (my) (le.kyang.hkan:)
- Catalan: exercici (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Czech: cvičení (cs) n
- Dutch: lichaamsbeweging (nl) f
- Esperanto: ekzerco
- Estonian: harjutus
- Finnish: kuntoilu (fi), liikunta (fi), treeni (fi), harjoitus (fi), harjoittelu (fi), jumppa (fi), voimailu (fi)
- French: exercice (fr) m
- Georgian: ვარჯიში (varǯiši)
- German: Übung (de) f (a specific exercise), Training (de) n, Sport (de) m (general exercising)
- Gothic: 𐌿𐍃𐌸𐍂𐍉𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 f (usþrōþeins)
- Greek: γυμναστική (el) f (gymnastikí)
- Hebrew: תַּרְגִּיל (he) m (targíl)
- Hindi: वर्ज़िश f (varziś), कसरत (hi) f (kasrat), व्यायाम (hi) m (vyāyām)
- Hungarian: edzés (hu), torna (hu), mozgás (hu), testmozgás (hu), testgyakorlás (hu)
- Indonesian: latihan (id), olahraga (id)
- Italian: esercizio (it) m
- 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), エクササイズ (ekusasaizu)
- Kazakh: жаттығу (jattyğu)
- Korean: 운동(運動) (ko) (undong)
- Latin: exercitātiō f, exercitium n
- Latvian: vingrojums m, vingrinājums m
- Ligurian: esercìçio m
- Lithuanian: pratimas m, mankšta f
- Macedonian: ве́жба f (véžba)
- Malay: senaman (ms)
- Malayalam: വ്യായാമം (ml) (vyāyāmaṁ)
- Norwegian:
- Persian:
- Iranian Persian: وَرْزِش (varzeš)
- Polish: ćwiczenie (pl) n
- Portuguese: exercício (pt)
- Punjabi: ਵਰਜ਼ਸ਼ f (varzaś)
- Romanian: exercițiu (ro) n
- Russian: упражне́ние (ru) n (upražnénije) (a specific exercise), заря́дка (ru) f (zarjádka), физзаря́дка (ru) f (fizzarjádka), трениро́вка (ru) f (treniróvka)
- Scottish Gaelic: eacarsaich f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Sinhalese: ව්යායාමය (wyāyāmaya)
- Slovak: cvičenie n
- Slovene: gibanje (sl) n, vadba f
- Spanish: ejercicio (es)
- Swahili: mazoezi (sw)
- Swedish: träning (sv) c
- Tajik: машқ (mašq), варзиш (tg) (varziš)
- Thai: การออกกำลังกาย (th) (gaan-ɔ̀ɔk-gam-lang-gaai)
- Turkish: egzersiz (tr)
- Ukrainian: впра́ва (uk) f (vpráva), заря́дка f (zarjádka), тренува́ння n (trenuvánnja)
- Urdu: وَرْزِش (ur) f (varziś), کسرت (kasrat), رِیاضَت (riyāzat)
- Vietnamese: vận động (vi) (運動), thể dục (vi) (體育)
- Volapük: koapaskilükam
- Welsh: ymarfer (cy) m or f
exercise (third-person singular simple present exercises, present participle exercising, simple past and past participle exercised)
- To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop.
to exercise troops or horses; to exercise one's brain with a puzzle
- (intransitive) To perform physical activity for health or training.
I exercise at the gym every day.
- (transitive) To use (a right, an option, etc.); to put into practice.
The tenant exercised his option to renew the tenancy.
She is going to exercise her right to vote.
- (now often in passive) 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.
exercised with pain
1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 88–89:
Where pain of unextinguiſhable fire / Muſt exerciſe us without hope of end
- (obsolete) To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make exertion; to give employment to.
1914 November, Louis Joseph Vance, “An Outsider […]”, in Munsey’s Magazine, volume LIII, number II, New York, N.Y.: The Frank A[ndrew] Munsey Company, […], published 1915, →OCLC, chapter I (Anarchy), page 373, column 2:
Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence.
exert for the sake of training
- Albanian : Kalitem (sq) , Stervitem (sq) , Ushtrohem (sq)
- Arabic: تَمَرَّنَ (tamarrana)
- Egyptian Arabic: اتمرن m (etmarran)
- Armenian: մարզել (hy) (marzel)
- Belarusian: практыкава́цца impf (praktykavácca), трэнірава́цца impf (treniravácca)
- Bulgarian: упражня́вам се (upražnjávam se) , трени́рам (bg) (treníram)
- Burmese: လေ့ကျင့် (my) (le.kyang.)
- Catalan: exercitar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Cornish: omoberi
- Czech: cvičit (cs)
- Dutch: trainen (nl), oefenen (nl)
- Esperanto: ekzerci
- Estonian: õppus
- Finnish: harjoitella (fi), harjoittaa (fi), kuntoilla (fi), treenata (fi), jumpata (fi), päntätä (fi), opetella (fi)
- French: exercer (fr)
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: üben (de), trainieren (de)
- Greek:
- Ancient: ἀσκέω (askéō)
- Haitian Creole: egzèse
- Hungarian: gyakorol (hu)
- Irish: aclaigh
- Italian: esercitare (it)
- Japanese: 練習する (ja) (れんしゅうする, renshū-suru)
- Khmer: ហាត់ (km) (hat)
- Korean: 연습하다 (ko) (yeonseuphada)
- Lao: ຝຶກ (fưk), ຫັດ (hat)
- Latin: exercitō
- Latvian: vingrot, vingrināt
- Macedonian: вежба (vežba)
- Mongolian: дасгал хийх (dasgal xiix)
- Norwegian: trene (no)
- Polish: ćwiczyć (pl)
- Portuguese: exercitar-se
- Quechua: amañay (qu)
- Russian: упражня́ться (ru) (upražnjátʹsja), тренирова́ться (ru) (trenirovátʹsja), практикова́ться (ru) (praktikovátʹsja)
- Slovak: cvičiť impf
- Spanish: ejercitar (es)
- Swedish: öva (sv), träna (sv), praktisera (sv)
- Thai: ฝึก (th) (fʉ̀k), หัด (hàt), ฝึกหัด (th) (fʉ̀k-hàt)
- Ukrainian: вправля́тися impf (vpravljátysja), практикува́тися impf (praktykuvátysja), тренува́тися impf (trenuvátysja)
- Vietnamese: luyện tập (vi) (練習), tập (vi)) (習)
perform physical activity
- Armenian: մարզել (hy) (marzel), պարապել (hy) (parapel)
- Chinese:
- Danish: motionere
- Dutch: sporten (nl), bewegen (nl)
- Finnish: kuntoilla (fi), harjoitella (fi), treenata (fi), jumpata (fi), voimistella (fi), voimailla
- German: sich bewegen
- Hungarian: tornázik (hu), mozog (hu), edz (hu), testmozgást/testgyakorlást végez
- Icelandic: hreyfa sig
- Irish: aclaigh, déan aclaíocht
- Italian: esercitarsi (it), allenarsi (it)
- Polish: ćwiczyć (pl)
- Spanish: hacer ejercicio
- Swedish: motionera (sv)
take action, enforce
- Bulgarian: упражня́вам (bg) (upražnjávam)
- Catalan: exercir (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
- Esperanto: ekzerci
- Finnish: käyttää (fi)
- French: exercer (fr)
- Haitian Creole: egzèse
- Hungarian: gyakorol (hu), érvényesít (hu), érvényre juttat (hu)
- Italian: impiegare (it)
- Latvian: izmantot, realizēt
- Polish: użyć władzy
- Portuguese: agir (pt), proceder (pt)
- Russian: испо́льзовать (ru) (ispólʹzovatʹ), реализо́вывать (ru) (realizóvyvatʹ)
- Spanish: ejercer (es)
- Swedish: utnyttja (sv)
- Ukrainian: зді́йснювати (uk) (zdíjsnjuvaty)
- “exercise”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “exercise”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
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