exercise

exercice, activité physique

Activité physique qui aide à garder un corps fort et en bonne santé.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : physical activity

Expressions courantes : regular exercise, do exercise, physical exercise

exercice

Activité ou tâche qui aide à apprendre quelque chose ou à améliorer une compétence.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : practice task

Expressions courantes : grammar exercise, writing exercise, do an exercise

exercice, opération

Activité menée pour obtenir un résultat précis.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : an exercise in something (The meeting became an exercise in avoiding difficult questions.)

Synonymes : undertaking, activity

Expressions courantes : exercise in something, planning exercise, costly exercise

exercice mental

Activité qui aide à garder l’esprit actif et en bonne santé.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : mental activity

Expressions courantes : mental exercise, brain exercise, memory exercise

exercice

Fait d’utiliser un droit, un pouvoir ou une capacité.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : exercise of something (The constitution protects the exercise of religious freedom.)

Synonymes : use, application

Expressions courantes : exercise of power, exercise of rights, free exercise

faire de l’exercice

Pratiquer une activité physique pour garder un corps fort et en bonne santé.

En anglais simple : 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?

Synonymes : work out

Expressions courantes : exercise regularly, exercise at home, exercise every day

exercer

Utiliser un droit, un pouvoir ou une capacité que l’on possède.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : use, apply

Expressions courantes : exercise a right, exercise control, exercise caution

exercer, entraîner

Faire travailler une personne, un animal ou une partie du corps pour développer sa force ou ses capacités.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : train

Expressions courantes : exercise your muscles, exercise a horse, exercise your brain