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The correct spelling is exercise.
How to pronounce exercise
/ˈɛk.sə.saɪz/
nounIPA: /ˈɛk.sə.saɪz/
Say it like: Exe-rsi-se
The correct spelling is exercise. Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability. For example: "The teacher told us that the next exercise is to write an essay."
Usage Examples
“The teacher told us that the next exercise is to write an essay.”
“I do crosswords for mental exercise.”
“The law guarantees us the free exercise of our rights.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability.
- 2.Activity intended to improve physical, or sometimes mental, strength and fitness.
- 3.A setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use.
- 4.The performance of an office, ceremony, or duty.
- 5.That which gives practice; a trial; a test.
verb
- 1.To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop.
- 2.To perform physical activity for health or training.
- 3.To use (a right, an option, etc.); to put into practice.
- 4.(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.
- 5.To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make exertion; to give employment to.
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