exercise

Physical activity that helps keep your body strong and healthy.

• Walking is good exercise.
• She does some exercise every morning.
• These exercises will strengthen your back.

Similar words: physical activity

Common phrases: regular exercise, do exercise, physical exercise

An activity or task that helps you learn or improve a skill.

• Do the next exercise in pairs.
• The teacher gave us three spelling exercises.
• This exercise will help you practise listening.

Similar words: practice task

Common phrases: grammar exercise, writing exercise, do an exercise

An activity done to achieve a particular result.

• Moving the office was a costly exercise.
• The campaign became an exercise in damage control.
• The consultation felt like a pointless exercise to residents.

How to use it: an exercise in something (The meeting became an exercise in avoiding difficult questions.)

Similar words: undertaking, activity

Common phrases: exercise in something, planning exercise, costly exercise

An activity that helps keep your mind active and healthy.

• Crosswords provide useful mental exercise.
• My grandmother does memory exercises every day.
• These exercises help keep your mind active as you age.

Similar words: mental activity

Common phrases: mental exercise, brain exercise, memory exercise

The act of using a right, power, or ability.

• The law protects the exercise of basic rights.
• Her exercise of authority was questioned.
• Voting is an important exercise of democratic freedom.

How to use it: exercise of something (The constitution protects the exercise of religious freedom.)

Similar words: use, application

Common phrases: exercise of power, exercise of rights, free exercise

To do physical activity to keep your body strong and healthy.

• I exercise every morning.
• We exercised together in the park yesterday.
• How often do you exercise?

Similar words: work out

Common phrases: exercise regularly, exercise at home, exercise every day

To use a right, power, or ability that you have.

• You can exercise your right to vote.
• The judge exercised her authority to stop the trial.
• Please exercise caution when crossing the bridge.

Similar words: use, apply

Common phrases: exercise a right, exercise control, exercise caution

To make a person, animal, or body part active so that it becomes stronger or more skilled.

• This puzzle will exercise your brain.
• She exercises the horses before breakfast.
• The trainer exercised each muscle group in turn.

Similar words: train

Common phrases: exercise your muscles, exercise a horse, exercise your brain