Exercise

Definition: Exercise

Exercise

Noun

1. 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".

2. The act of using; "the steps were worn from years of use".

3. Systematic training by multiple repetitions; "practice makes perfect".

4. A task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding; "you must work the examples at the end of each chapter in the textbook".

5. (usually plural) a ceremony that involves processions and speeches; "academic exercises".

Verb

1. Put to use; "exert one's power or influence".

2. Carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions: "practice law".

3. Give a work-out to: "Some parents exercise their infants"; "My personal trainer works me hard"; "work one's muscles".

4. Do physical exercise; "She works out in the gym every day".

5. Learn by repetition.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "exercise" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

19th Century Satire

Finance

Military

Military & Defense

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Exercise

Action

Verb: do, perform, execute; achieve; (complete); transact, enact; commit, perpetrate, inflict; exercise, prosecute, carry on, work, practice, play.

Noun: action, performance; doing; Verb: perpetration; exercise, excitation; movement, operation, evolution, work; labor; (exertion); praxis, execution; procedure; (conduct); handicraft; business; agency; (power at work).

Agency

Noun: agency, operation, force, working, strain, function, office, maintenance, exercise, work, swing, play; interworking, interaction; procurement.

Exertion

A strong pull a long pull and a pull all together; dead lift; heft; gymnastics; exercise, exercitation; wear and tear; ado; toil and trouble; uphill work, hard work, warm work; harvest time.

Teaching

Train, discipline; bring up, bring up to; form, ground, prepare, qualify; drill, exercise, practice, habituate, familiarize with, nurture, drynurse, breed, rear, take in hand; break, break in; tame; preinstruct; initiate; inure; (habituate).

Use

Ply, work, wield, handle, manipulate; play, play off; exert, exercise, practice, avail oneself of, profit by, resort to, have recourse to, recur to, take betake oneself to; take up with, take advantage of; lay one's hands on, try.

Noun: use; employ, employment; exercise,

Crosswords: Exercise

He told me to forcibly insert the lifeline exercise card into my anus (Donnie Darko; writing credit: Richard Kelly)

I don't even exercise. (The Princess Bride; writing credit: William Goldman)

The fresh air, the exercise, and the pleasure of a leather saddle between one's thighs (The Road to Wellville; writing credit: Alan Parker)

My dear Adso, we must not allow ourselves to be influenced by irrational rumors of the Antichrist, hmm? Let us instead exercise our brains and try to solve this tantalizing conundrum (Name der Rose, Der; writing credit: Andrew Birkin; Gérard Brach)

So what in most people is morality, in you it's just an exercise in what's the word (Becket; writing credit: Edward Anhalt; Jean Anouilh)

Eat Right, Exercise, Die Anyway. (references; author: unknown)

There are no substitutes for fresh air, sunshine, and exercise. (references; author: unknown)

A good exercise for the heart is to bend down and help another up. (references; author: unknown)

I have to exercise in the morning before my brain figures out what I'm doing. (references; author: unknown)

Columbo: An Exercise in Fatality (1974)

Exercise Running Jump II (1972)

Five Finger Exercise (1970)

Exercise and Health (1949)

Posture and Exercise (1941)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Exercise, Gymnastic and Playground Equipment in Mexico: A Strategic Entry Report, 2000 (reference)

• The 2001 Report on Exercise and Gymnastic Equipment: World Market Segmentation by City (reference)

• Exercise, Gymnastic and Playground Equipment in Mexico: A Strategic Entry Report, 2000 (reference)

• The 2001 Long-Run Global Growth Prospects for Exercise and Gymnastic Equipment: A Physioeconomic Perspective (reference)

• The 2000-2005 Outlook for Exercise and Gymnastic Equipment in Asia (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Diabetes Actively Staying Healthy: Your Game Plan for Diabetes and Exercise (reference)

• Pilates on the Ball: The World's Most Popular Workout Using the Exercise Ball (reference)

• Adherence Issues in Sport and Exercise (reference)

• Exercise Adherence: Its Impact on Public Health (reference)

• The 10-Minute L.E.A.P.: Lifetime Exercise Adherence Plan (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Exercise & Health (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Ageless Fitness - Fresh Start! Light and Gentle Exercise (reference)

• Video Comprehensive Rehabilitation Exercise - Ankle/Foot Pain (reference)

• Move Those Joints - Therapeutic Exercise for Arthritis (reference)

• Karate for Kids, Volume I: Easy Instruction and Exercise (reference)

• Exercise Right for your Body Type (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Exercise Dance Music (reference)

• Sean O'Malley's Guided Workout Series 1, Fitness Music for Exercise (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Diet & Exercise Assistant 4.0 (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Boy diving into swimming pool. Exercise, recreation. Credit: CDC.

Pregnant woman walking. Exercise. Credit: CDC.

EVA Exercise Device. Credit: NASA.

Apollo 11 Crew During Training Exercise. Credit: NASA.

Scientists during survival training exercise prior to debarking for South Pole. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Social life under the ice during survival training exercise. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. Taking sun sights on the METEOR; exercise time for the crew; echo sounding with ear-phones. Plate 32. Library Call Number C/La S755. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Staff Sgt. Hale Lewis, crew chief, works inside the exhaust of a F-16C/D Nov. 12, 2002. He is with the 35th Fighter Squadron, Kunsan Air Base, South Korea. Lewis is taking part in this year's Exercise Keen Sword 03 being held in Tsuiki Air Base, Japan.

An F-16 jet fighter, 35 fighter Squadron, from Kunsan Air Base, Korea, takes off from Tsuiki AB, Japan, to engage Japanese jet fighters in an aerial training exercise in support of Keen Sword 03 on Nov. 12, 2002. Keen Sword is a bilateral defense exercis.

4H Hereford steer gets exercise. Credit: USDA.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Thus we are born free, as we are born rational; not that we have actually the exercise of either: age, that brings one, brings with it the other too. (Second Treatise of Government)

He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within. (reference)

Clause 5: The Senate shall chuse their other Officers, and also a President pro tempore, in the Absence of the Vice President, or when he shall exercise the Office of President of the United States. (reference)

Amendment I. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. (reference)

Neither is it necessary in such a case as this, to enable the court to exercise its appellate jurisdiction. (reference)

Persons convicted of political offences shall be enabled to exercise their right of voting. (reference)

In the exercise of his rights and freedoms, everyone shall be subject only to such limitations as are determined by law solely for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others and of meeting the just requirements of morality, public order and the general welfare in a democratic society. (reference)

The privilege against self-incrimination, which has had a long and expansive historical development, is the essential mainstay of our adversary system, and guarantees to the individual the "right to remain silent unless he chooses to speak in the unfettered exercise of his own will," during a period of custodial interrogation as well as in the courts or during the course of other official investigations. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Were two puzzles, on which my readers might exercise their ingenuity

The only surgeon was one who combined the occasional exercise of that noble art with the daily and habitual flourish of a razor

Before him lay a new pen, a new bottle of ink and a new emerald exercise.

When I had finished my work, I desired the Emperor to let a troop of his best horse, twentyfour in number, come and exercise upon this plain

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Exercise regularly. (references)

Exercise ECG (stress test). (references)

Walking is good exercise for many patients. (references)

Business

Exercise gyms are very popular and widely available. (references)

For exercise equipment, the European external tariff rate is presently six percent. (references)

Frequently, prisoners exercise authority within a prison, displacing prison officials. (references)

Civil Liberties

Pakistan

Citizens regularly exercise the right to emigrate. (references)

Ghana

Major government media outlets exercise some restraint in their coverage. (references)

Tanzania

Some journalists, such as those in Zanzibar, exercise self-censorship on sensitive problems. (references)

Economic History

Iceland

It will host another major PfP exercise in 2000. (references)

Iceland

The prime minister and cabinet exercise most executive functions. (references)

Tanzania

This exercise has improved the telecommunications service in the country. (references)

Human Rights

Mexico

In many prisons inmates exercise authority, displacing prison officials. (references)

Saudi Arabia

Provincial governors have the authority to exercise leniency and reduce a judge's sentence. (references)

Colombia

The office has the constitutional duty to ensure the promotion and exercise of human rights. (references)

Indigenous People

Suriname

Maroon and Amerindian groups continue to cooperate with each other in order to exercise their rights more effectively. (references)

Namibia

However, Bushmen and other indigenous citizens have been unable to exercise fully these rights as a result of minimal access to education, limited economic opportunities under colonial rule, and their relative isolation. (references)

Minorities

Greece

Until registered with a municipality, no citizen can vote or exercise other civic rights such as obtaining an official marriage, commercial, or driver's license, or contributing to social security. (references)

Political Economy

RUSSIA

The right to strike is difficult to exercise. (references)

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Workers in all sectors exercise these rights. (references)

Slovenia

By law the armed forces do not exercise civil police functions. (references)

Political Rights

Liberia

The legislature did not exercise genuine independence from the executive branch. (references)

Malawi

President Muluzi, First Vice President Justin Malewezi, and a 35-member cabinet exercise executive authority. (references)

Yemen

In some governorates, tribal leaders exercise considerable discretion in the interpretation and enforcement of the law. (references)

Trade

Guatemala

U.S. exporters should exercise caution when extending credit. (references)

India

In such a case, the revenue authorities exercise a strict overall vigil over operations. (references)

Georgia

American firms considering providing financing for their exports are advised to exercise extreme caution. (references)

Travel

Indonesia

However, one should also exercise extreme caution while using taxis. (references)

Mexico

Exercise caution walking in areas frequented by tourists and shoppers. (references)

Russia

Drivers and pedestrians should exercise extreme caution to avoid accidents. (references)

Women

Nauru

However, in practice societal pressures limit opportunities for women to exercise these rights fully. (references)

Mozambique

The law specifically permits women to exercise rights over community land held through customary rights. (references)

Morocco

The British Government helped subsidize an NGO pamphlet that urged rural women to exercise their right to vote. (references)

Worker Rights

New Zealand

Unions often exercise the right to strike. (references)

Denmark

Workers often exercise their right to strike. (references)

Jordan

Unions have and exercise the right to bargain collectively. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Beginning with "exercise": exercise-bicycle, exercise-bike, exercise-book, exercise-books, exercise-doers, exercise-induced, exercise-rings, exercise-to-music.

Ending with "exercise": carriage-exercise, difficult-to-exercise, fresh-air-and-exercise, ink-exercise, non-exercise, over-exercise, prison-exercise, student-exercise, 'sub-exercise.

Afrikaans

oefening (practice), oefen (practice, practise). (various references)

Albanian

ushtrohem (drill), ushtrim (discipline, drill, practice, training), stërvitje (coaching, discipline, dressage, drill, drilling, practice, training, workout), stërvitem (train oneself, work out), stërvit (break in, coach, discipline, drill, educate, practise, train), shfrytëzoj (avail oneself of, embrace, exploit, harness, maintain, make the best, make the most of, make use of, milk, quarry, use, utilize, work, work out), shfrytëzim (exertion, operation, use, utilization, working), përdorim (application, consumption, currency, deal, employment, exertion, exploitation, operation, reclamation, usage, use, using, utilization, wear, wear and tear, working), përdor (apply, call forth, employ, exploit, manipulate, participate, reclaim, take, use, utilize, wield), lëvizem (run, travel), kryerje (accomplishment, achievement, acquittal, commission, commitment, committal, discharge, execution, feasibility, fulfillment, fulfilment, implementation, performance, perpetration, prosecution, pursuance, transaction), gjimnastikë (calisthenics, callisthenics, gymnastic, gymnastics, physical exercises), detyrë (assignation, assignment, burden, business, chore, devoir, duty, job, labor, labour, mission, obligation, office, ought, place, project, seal, task, task-work, tie, trust), bëj gjimnastikë. (various references)

Arabic 

‏ممارسة (practice, pursuit), ‏مناورة عسكرية, ‏مارس (carry out, engage in, execute, fulfil, fulfill, march, operate, perform, practice, pursue, set one's hand to), ‏حفلة (binge, celebration, entertainment, festival, fete, junket, meeting, party, set, show), ‏تمرن (practise, prelude, warm up), ‏تدريب (coaching, discipline, drilling, practice, schooling, traineeship, training), ‏تدرب (drill, intern, practice, practise, train, training, work out), ‏إستعمال (application, employment, purpose, usage, use), ‏إستخدم (employ, engage, exploit, harness, hire, hunt, indent, involve, spend, take on, use, utilize), ‏أدى تمارين, ‏أبدى (bare, exhibit, manifest, mark), ‏رياضة (footwork, sport), ‏ظهر (appear, arise, back, brighten up, bring out, come to light, declare, declassify, define, denote, develop, evidence, exhibit, express, feature, image, indicate, infer, loom, manifest, mark, note, occur, outcrop, parade, peep, play up, poke, pop up, proclaim, produce, reveal, show, show up, spring, surface, turn up, walk), ‏درب (coach, discipline, drill, groom, path, pathway, school, train). (various references)

Asturian

exerciciu. (various references)

Bemba

ukutukumuna umubili. (various references)

Blackfoot

yiistomsskoohsi (to exercise). (various references)

Bulgarian 

обред (ceremonial, ceremony, observance, office, ordinance, rite, ritual), изпълнявам (accomplish, accord, act up to, carry into effect, carry out, complete, effectuate, execute, fill, fulfil, fulfill, handle, implement, make up, perform, play, practise, pursue, put into effect, put through, redeem, satisfy, verify), практикувам (ply, practice, practise, prosecute), провеждам учение, проявяване (development, manifestation), безпокоя (agitate, ail, alarm, bother, chivy, discompose, disturb, fash, feeze, gall, inconvenience, molest, pother, put about, vex, worry), занимание (amusement, career, concern, concernment, employment, game, job, occupation, ploy, prep, pursuit, way), изпълнение (accomplishment, acquittal, acting, completion, discharge, effect, effectuation, enforcement, execution, implementation, interpretation, operation, performance, pursuance, rendering, rendition, working out), занимавам се (busy, concern, employ oneself, pursue, work), упражняване (prosecution, pursuit), обучение (education, grounding, instruction, teaching, training, tuition, tutelage), тренирам (coach, drill, educate, fit, form, practice, practise, train, work out), тренировка (drill, drilling, practice, schooling, training, workout), тревожа (ail, alarm, disturb, fuss, perturb, put about, weigh on, worrit, worry), упражнение (drilling, practice), упражнявам (drill, exert, pace, ply, practice, practise, profess, pursue, rehearse, train), занимавам (amuse, entertain). (various references)

Catalan

exercici (practice). (various references)

Cebuano

ehersisyo. (various references)

Chamorro

etsisio. (various references)

Chinese 

锻炼 (workout), 訓練 (drill, train, training), 行使 , 練習 (drill), 演習 (practice, to act, to put on a play), 活動 (activity, behavior), 忍耐 (endure, patience, patient, restrain oneself). (various references)

Cornish

lafürya (to exercise). (various references)

Croatian

vježba. (various references)

Czech

vyvenèit, vykonávat (administer, dispense, exert, follow, go about, practise), výkon (achievement, feat, operation, output, performance, prosecution), uplatòovat (assert), provozování èeho, provést (accomplish, carry out, effect, execute, finish, make, perform, realize, render, ride out, see it through, show, undertake), procvièit (work), pohyb (gesture, locomotion, motion, move, movement, snap it up, stir, travel), písemný úkol, cvičit, cvičení, cvièit (drill, practise, school, take exercise, train), cvièení (drill, exercises, practice), úloha (part, problem, role, task). (various references)

Danish

øvelse (practice), øve (practise). (various references)

Dutch

oefenen (practice, practise), drillen (practise). (various references)

Esperanto

ekzerco (practice), ekzerci (practise). (various references)

Faeroese

venjing (practice), venja (breed, bring up, coach, educate, practise, raise, tame, train), kropsvenjingar, íðka (coach, practise, train). (various references)

Farsi 

مشق (Homework), ورزش (Pastime, Ploy, Practice, Practise, Sport), تمرین دادن (Experience), تمرین (Drill, Practice, Practise, Rehearsal, Ure, Use, Workout), عمل کردن (Act, Do, Function, Work), استعمال کردن (Apply, Employ, Handle), بکارانداختن (Activate, Actuate, Agitate, Operate). (various references)

Finnish

ruumiinliikunta, option toteutus (exercise of an option), liikunta (movement), käyttää (apply, consume, drive, employ, exert, make use of, operate, run, spend, turn to account, use, wear, work), harjoitustehtävä (example, sum), harjoitus (drill, practice, rehearsal, training), harjoittaa (carry on, commit, do, drill, practise, pursue, rehearse, train), harjaannus (practice). (various references)

French

exercice (exercise of an option), instruire, exercer (exert). (various references)

Frisian

oefening. (various references)

German

Ausübung (execution, exertion, performance, practice), aufgabe (abandonment, assigned job, assignment, business, checking in, discontinuation, dispatch, dropping, duty, function, giving up, homework, insertion, job, labor, labour, mailing, mission, placing, problem, purpose, question, registration, release, relinquishment, remit, renouncement, renunciation, retirement, serve, service, stint, surrender, task, vacation, work), bewegung (affection, agitation, emotion, evolution, gesture, motion, move, movement, pass, progress, stir), anwendung (application, employment, exertion, operation, usage, use), übung (drill, gymnastics, practice, routine, seminar), üben (drill, practice, practise, to exercise, to practise). (various references)

Greek 

άσκηση (drill, practice, practise). (various references)

Hebrew 

לתרגל (drill, practise), לאמן (habituate, school, train), להתעמל (drill, work out), תרגיל (drill, etude, practice, training), תרגול (drill, practice, rehearsal, training), התעמלות (drilling, gymnastics, p.e., p.t., training). (various references)

Hungarian

gyakorlás (cultivation, practice). (various references)

Indonesian

erobik (aerobic), melatih (train), latihan (practice, rehearsal, training), gerak badan, berlatih (rehearse, tub). (various references)

Inuktitut

iqalisaqtuq. (various references)

Italian

esercizio (accounting year, exertion, practice, shop), esercitare (conduct, drill, exert, operate, ply, practice, practise, profess, run, to bear, wield). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

運動　 (motion), 運動 (motion), 行使 (use), 手馴らし (practice, training), 手慣らし (practice, training), 例題 (example), エキス剤 (COMBINE, eccentric, ecstasy, Ecuador, ecumenism, equitable, equity, equity finance, Excalibur, Excelan, excellent, exchange, exchange order, excursion, excursion fare, excursion ticket, excuse me, executor, exhaust manifold, exhaust pipe, exorcist, exotic, exoticism, exotisme, expedition, expense, expensive, expire, explorer, explosion, explosion shot, export, express, expression, expressway, extension, extent, exterior, external, extract, literature), エウスタキオ管 (eonism, essence, Eustachian tube, excite, exciting, exciting game, exercise walking, exhibition, exhibition game, exhibition game or match, expander, expert, expert system, expo, exposition, express, expression, extra, extra hole, extra inning, extract). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

うんどう (motion), こうし (calf, company, Confucius, Crown Prince, edict, filial child, firm, government and people, heir, hind leg, Imperial Heir, kind intention, kind thought, lattice, lecturer, man of noble character, minister, national examinations, official and personal, pearly white teeth, photon, public and private, public announcement, reform, renewal, slag, successor, use, young nobleman), れいだい (example), エキササイズ , エクササイズ , てならし (practice, training). (various references)

Korean 

운동 (Athletic, campaigning, Exercising, Movement, workout). (various references)

Macedonian

vezbanje. (various references)

Malay

melatih (practise), latihan (practice). (various references)

Manx

roortys (homework, leisure activity, practice, trial of strength), obbraghey (act, action, behaviour, behaviour of machines, crew, cultivate, elaboration, employment, forge, function, handle, handling, influence, labour, motion, operate, operation, performance, ply, process, start, wangle; persuance, work, work up, wreak), lheiltys (gymnastics, motion, physical training), jannoo lheiltyssyn, cliaghtey (acclimatization, acclimatize, custom, familiarization, familiarize, fashion, follow, follow as trade, formality, habit, habituate, institution, inure, practice, practise, profess, prosecute, prosecution, rehearsal, rehearse, seasoning, train, usage), cliaghtaghey (accustom, inure, practise). (various references)

Norwegian

utøvelse, mosjonere, mosjon. (various references)

Papago

moisha. (various references)

Papiamen

ehersisto (practice). (various references)

Pig Latin

exerciseay.(various references)

Polish

zadanie (practice). (various references)

Portuguese

exercício (assignment, practice, prosecution, training, workout), exercitar (coach, drill, practice, practise, rehearse, train), exercer (exert, practice, practise, prosecute). (various references)

Provencal

exercici. (various references)

Romanian

exersa (practise), exercitare (exertion, use), exercita (execute, exert, wield), exerciţiu (drill, homework, practice, study), temã (chapter, frame, lesson, melody, stem, subject, task, theme, topic), se antrena (practise, spar, train), practicare (practice), manifestare (act, deed, emergence, exhibition, loose, manifestation, occurrence, piece, Sally, show), instrui (coach, cultivate, drill, instruct, school, teach, train), face exerciţii (drill), dovadã (argument, certificate, demonstration, document, eduction, evidence, example, instance, Mark, patent, proof, seal, sign, token, vestige, witness). (various references)

Russian 

упражнение (gymnastics, practice). (various references)

Samoan

faamalositino. (various references)

Scottish

iomairt (conflict, contest, employing, playing). (various references)

Sepedi

itlwaeta
a (to exercise). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

vežbati (drill, practise, train), vežba (practice), upotrebljavati, upotreba (consuetude, usage, use, using, utilization), svečanost (celebration, ceremony, festivity, fete, gala, powwow, seriousness, solemnity), nastavni (instructional, preceptorial). (various references)

Sicilian

eserciziu. (various references)

Slovene

vajo. (various references)

Spanish

ejercicio (drill, practice, practicing, practise, practising, prosecution, test), ejercer (bear, exert, manage, perform, ply, practice, practise, profess, prosecute, pursue, run, serve, use, wield). (various references)

Swahili

kujizoezesha (to exercise oneself). (various references)

Swedish

övning (practice, praxis, rehearsal, training), öva (practice, practise, rehearse, train), utöva (exert, follow, keep one's hand in, practise, pursue, wield), motion (motion), inöva (practise, train). (various references)

Thai

แบบฝึกหัด, บริหารกาย, การใช้, การออกกำลังกาย, ดำเนินการ (execute, move, roll). (various references)

Turkish

egzersiz (practice, setting-up exercises, training), egzersiz yapmak (work out), kullanma (driving, exploitation, handling, imposition, operating, operation, tenure, usage, use, using, utilization, wear), çalışma yapmak (study, workout), çalıştırmak (actuate, drill, drive, employ, have smb. on the payroll, make smth. work, make things hum, operate, power, put on, run, set to work, start, start up, switch on, task), alıştırma (breaking in, familiarization, green run, practice, training), alıştırmak (accommodate, accustom, addict, adjust, attune, break in, condition, conform, dovetail, enure, familiarize, habituate, harden, inure, regrind, school, season, train), çalışma (action, gear, job of work, labor, labour, practice, praxis, priming, running, starting, study, training, work, working, workout), idman (physical jerks, practise, training, workout), yorum (comment, commentary, construction, exegesis, explanation, explication, gloss, interpretation, observation, paraphrase, reading, remark, rendering, rendition, version), kullanmnak, tören (celebration, ceremonial, ceremony, formality, investiture, solemnity, state), talim (drill, drilling), uygulama (administration, application, effect, enforcement, execution, implementation, practice, praxis, pursuance, technic, technics), uygulamak (administer, apply, carry out, complete, deploy, dispense, enforce, exert, fulfil, fulfill, impart, implement, perform, practise, put into practice, realize), yapma (accomplishment, acquittal, artificial, construction, cut it out, drop it, dummy, execution, fulfillment, fulfilment, go on, imitated, implement, making, perpetration, postiche, pursuance, sham, spurious, stop it), yerine getirme (acquittal, administration, consummation, execution, fulfillment, fulfilment, implement, implementation, observance, performance, pursuance, redemption), göstermek (adduce, betoken, demonstrate, denote, depict, designate, disclose, display, evidence, exhibit, expose, hold up, indicate, initiate, introduce, look, manifest, point, point out, point to, produce, prove, put forth, register, represent, run, set out, shew, show, show off, show up, signify, speak, stamp, table, teach, trot out, uncork). (various references)

Turkmen 

zarяadka (r) (drill, loading), maюk, bedenterbie (gym). (various references)

Ukrainian

тренуватися (drill, practise), вправа (drill, drilling, gymnastic, practice), вправляти (embed, imbed), задача (problem, puzzle), здійснювати (actualize, bring to pass, compass, effect, effectuate, embody, execute, implement, make, materialize, perpetrate, practise, put into practice, realize, wage), здійснення (effect, effectuation, enforcement, execution, fruition, fulfilment, implementation, materialization, performance). (various references)

Vietnamese 

thể thao quốc phòng sự thờ cúng, sự thi hành (carriage, execution, implementation), sự thực hiện (actualization, effectuation, execution, materialization, performance, realization, transaction), sự tập trận sự diễn tập, nghề nghiệp (business, busyness, vocation, walk). (various references)

Welsh

ymarferiad, ymarfer (accustom, practice). (various references)

decurrant, decurrens, decurrent, decurrentes, decurrentis, decurrere, decurrit, decurrunt, exerce, exerceant, exercebant, exercebantur, exercebatur, exercebor, exercebuntur, exercens, exercent, exercentes, exercentibus, exerceo, exercere, exercerent, exercete, exercetis, exercitabar, exercitatio, exercitatis, exercitatos, exercitatum, exercitatus, exercitiis, exercitu, exercitum, exercitus, exercuerant, exercuerat, exercuere, exercuerunt, exercuit. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "exercise": exercised, exerciser, exercisers, exercises. (additional references)

Words ending with "exercise": overexercise, postexercise. (additional references)

Words containing "exercise": overexercised, overexercises, unexercised. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Exercise" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eercise, excelcis, excercise, excerise, excersise, execise, execuse, exercice, exercis, exercisew, exercism, exercite, exercize, exercvise, exercycle, exerise, exersise, exertise, sexercise. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: cerise, creese, excise, sexier.

-3 letters: ceres, cires, cries, eerie, execs, resee, rexes, rices, scree, siree, xeric.

-4 letters: cees, cere, cire, cris, exec, exes, ices, ires, recs, rees, reis, rice, rise, seer, sere, sice, sire.

-5 letters: cee, cis, ere, ers, ice, ire, rec, ree, rei, res, rex, sec, see, sei, ser, sex, sic, sir, six.

+1 letter: exercised, exerciser, exercises.

+2 letters: exercisers.

+3 letters: executrices, executrixes, exercisable, experiences, overexcites, unexercised.

+4 letters: executioners, overexercise, postexercise, preexistence.

+5 letters: excrescencies, excursiveness, inexperiences, overexercised, overexercises, preexistences, reexperiences.