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exercising

The correct spelling is exercising.

How to pronounce exercising

verb

Say it like: Exe-rsi-sin-g

The correct spelling is exercising. To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop. For example: "to exercise troops or horses;  to exercise one's brain with a puzzle"

Usage Examples

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

I exercise at the gym every day.

She is going to exercise her right to vote.

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop.
  2. 2.To perform physical activity for health or training.
  3. 3.To use (a right, an option, etc.); to put into practice.
  4. 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. 5.To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make exertion; to give employment to.

noun

  1. 1.The act by which something is exercised.

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