Word Finder - exercise

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Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability.

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The teacher told us that the next exercise is to write an essay.

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Activity intended to improve physical, or sometimes mental, strength and fitness.

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I do crosswords for mental exercise.

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A setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use.

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The law guarantees us the free exercise of our rights.

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The performance of an office, ceremony, or duty.

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I assisted the ailing vicar in the exercise of his parish duties.

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That which gives practice; a trial; a test.

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To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop.

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to exercise troops or horses;  to exercise one's brain with a puzzle

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To perform physical activity for health or training.

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I exercise at the gym every day.

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To use (a right, an option, etc.); to put into practice.

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She is going to exercise her right to vote.

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(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.

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exercised with pain

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To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make exertion; to give employment to.

I see you're getting your exercise for the day.

You've had enough exercise for today.

The exercise helped clear her head.

The exercise felt good, and he ran and leapt and clambered up trees until he was panting.

Once again, I'll exercise caution and not lead anyone to my secret place.

Forget this little exercise ever happened; it won't be repeated.

They walked into the camp from the designated exercise areas.

The council was reduced to four members with a governor-general, who were to exercise certain indefinite powers of control over the presidencies of Madras and Bombay.

Methinks this would exercise their minds as much as mathematics.

It was an interesting mental exercise and said much about the desires of the participants.

Half-witted men from the almshouse and elsewhere came to see me; but I endeavored to make them exercise all the wit they had, and make their confessions to me; in such cases making wit the theme of our conversation; and so was compensated.

Perhaps you should exercise caution yourself, Mr. Cooms.

Sometimes I had a companion in my fishing, who came through the village to my house from the other side of the town, and the catching of the dinner was as much a social exercise as the eating of it.

I've been spending all my free time up here anyway, and that way you could give him some exercise when I'm not here.

The doctor suggested as much exercise could be gained by walking without the added risk of injury.

He toured the progress of the camp before going to the exercise area.

But the brief exercise failed to dispel the glumness for more than a few moments.

And reciprocally, whatever may be the absolute rights of the ecclesiastical society over the appointment of its dignitaries, the administration of its property, and the government of its adherents, the exercise of these rights is limited and restricted by the stable engagements and concessions of the concordatory pact, which bind the head of the church with regard to the nations.

He led him to the desk, raised the lid, drew out a drawer, and took out an exercise book filled with his bold, tall, close handwriting.

There he saddled Ed and rode out to the exercise field.

To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a noble exercise, and one that will task the reader more than any exercise which the customs of the day esteem.

But sometimes it was a really noble and inspiring strain that reached these woods, and the trumpet that sings of fame, and I felt as if I could spit a Mexican with a good relish--for why should we always stand for trifles?--and looked round for a woodchuck or a skunk to exercise my chivalry upon.

When she had finished her first exercise she stood still in the middle of the room and sang a musical phrase that particularly pleased her.

Just exercise a little caution, have patience, good equipment and lots of common sense.

He was young and eager to exercise his new power.

This action is only to be considered as an exercise of good offices."

Further, a cleric is bound to exercise the minor orders for a year before he can be ordained subdeacon, he must be subdeacon for a year before he is ordained deacon, deacon for a year before he is made priest.

Since 1876 each municipality has a council of twenty members to exercise control over its administration.

Neither aliens nor coloured British subjects can exercise the franchise.

She continued to exercise her vocal organs mechanically, as ordinary children do.

He was in no mood to exercise patience.

Only communicants exercise the rights of membership. They elect the minister and other office-bearers.

The influence we seem to exercise over bodies by will is only apparent; volition and action only accompany one another.

Crispi, burdened by the premiership and by the two most important portfolios in the cabinet, was, however, unable to exercise efficient control over all departments of state.

This may possibly be the cell sap in their interior, which must exercise a slightly different hydrostatic pressure on the basal and, the lateral walls of the cells.

In the temperate zone, where the seasons are sharply contrasted, but follow each other with regularity, foresight and self-denial were fostered, because if men did not exercise these qualities seed-time or harvest might pass into lost opportunities and the tribes would suffer.

The ship which brought stamps and stamped paper to Wilmington in 1766 was not permitted to land, and the stampmaster was compelled by the people to take an oath that he would not exercise the functions of his office.

It developed into a title implying jurisdiction over metropolitans, partly as a result of the organization of the empire into " dioceses," partly owing to the ambition of the greater metropolitan bishops, which had early led them to claim and exercise authority in neighbouring metropolitanates.

It will be a useful exercise for the reader to interpret the corresponding covariants of the general quantic, to show that some of them are simple powers or products of other covariants of lower degrees and order.

The utility of the river is great in the opportunities for exercise and recreation which it affords to the public, especially to Londoners.

Any application for a revision of the award must be based on the discovery of new evidence of such a nature as to exercise a decisive influence on the judgment and unknown up to the time when the hearing was closed, both to the tribunal itself and to the party asking for the revision.

Under the early Frankish kings some comites did not exercise any definite functions; they were merely attached to the king's person and executed his orders.

Both the national and state governments exercise the right to impose stamp and consumption taxes, and the municipalities likewise are permitted to impose licence and consumption taxes.

These are subdivided into pastors, who administer the word and sacraments, doctors, who teach and expound the Bible, elders pure and simple, who exercise rule and discipline.

Up to 1845 Potgieter continued to exercise authority over the Boer communities on both sides of the Vaal.

This company, which was not actually floated till 1887, was destined to exercise a disastrous influence upon the fortunes of the state.

When the possessions of the house of Wittelsbach were divided in 1255 and the branches of Bavaria and the Palatinate were founded, a dispute arose over the exercise of the electoral vote, and the question was not settled until in 1356 the Golden Bull bestowed the privilege upon the count palatine of the Rhine, who exercised it until 1623.

Such objects might be imitated in other materials and by successive copying lose their identity, or their first meaning might be otherwise forgotten, and they would ultimately exercise a purely decorative function.

The powers of the executive, direct and implied, are very broad and permit the exercise of much absolute authority.

In the treatment of disease Asclepiades attached most importance to diet, exercise, passive movements or frictions, and the external use of cold water - in short, to a modified athletic training.