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exercise

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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • \ˈek-sər-ˌsīz\
    • /ˈeksəsaɪz/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • \ˈek-sər-ˌsīz\

Definitions of exercise word

  • noun exercise training, homework 2
  • noun exercise Activity requiring physical effort, carried out especially to sustain or improve health and fitness. 1
  • noun exercise physical activity 1
  • intransitive verb exercise do physical activity 1
  • noun exercise mental activity 1
  • noun exercise project, endeavour 1

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Parts of speech for Exercise

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

exercise popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for exercise

verb exercise

  • work out — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
  • train — Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
  • keep fit — do physical exercise
  • drill — a large, baboonlike monkey, Mandrillus leucophaeus, of western Africa, similar to the related mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored: now endangered.
  • develop — When something develops, it grows or changes over a period of time and usually becomes more advanced, complete, or severe.

adjective exercise

  • isometrics — of, relating to, or having equality of measure.
  • workout — a trial or practice session in athletics, as in running, boxing, or football.
  • bodybuilding — Bodybuilding is the activity of doing special exercises regularly in order to make your muscles grow bigger.

general exercise

  • aerobic — Aerobic activity exercises and strengthens your heart and lungs.
  • stepper — a person or animal that steps, especially a horse that lifts its front legs high at the knee.
  • slimnastics — exercises to help someone lose or control weight.
  • driller — One who drills.

noun exercise

  • implementation — the act of implementing, or putting into effect; fulfillment: The implementation of policies to conserve energy will involve personal sacrifice.
  • application — An application for something such as a job or membership of an organization is a formal written request for it.
  • employment — The condition of having paid work.
  • accomplishment — An accomplishment is something remarkable that has been done or achieved.
  • operation — an act or instance, process, or manner of functioning or operating.

Antonyms for exercise

verb exercise

  • aid — Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
  • avoid — If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
  • decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
  • forget — to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.
  • assist — If you assist someone, you help them to do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.

noun exercise

  • avoidance — Avoidance of someone or something is the act of avoiding them.
  • dissatisfaction — the state or attitude of not being satisfied; discontent; displeasure.
  • inactivity — not active: an inactive volcano.
  • cessation — The cessation of something is the stopping of it.
  • idleness — the quality, state, or condition of being lazy, inactive, or idle: His lack of interest in the larger world and his consummate idleness were the causes of their dreadful divorce.

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