/ˈeksəsaɪz/
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Meaning
Moving your body to stay strong and healthy, or a piece of work you do to practise something.
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Word origin
From Latin exercere, to keep busy or to train, from ex- and arcere, to hold in or keep away.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- exercere
Grammar
Examples
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Here "exercise" is the general activity, so it takes no a and no plural.
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"Exercises" in the plural are single movements you repeat.
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In a school book, an "exercise" is a task you do to practise.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 26, lesson 7: exercise, uh-oh, ally and 7 more words.