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say it: EK-sur-sahyz
exercise is a noun and verb meaning "the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit". It carries 11 recorded senses.
the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit
“the doctor recommended regular exercise”
“he did some exercising”
“the physical exertion required by his work kept him fit”
the act of using
“he warned against the use of narcotic drugs”
“skilled in the utilization of computers”
systematic training by multiple repetitions
“practice makes perfect”
(usually plural) a ceremony that involves processions and speeches
“academic exercises”
plural
an action, often used negatively and without consequences
“an exercise in futility”
“an exercise in cheap talk”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for exercise come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.