exercise meaning

• Noun: exercise  'eksur`sIz
  1. The activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit
     "the doctor recommended regular exercise"
     - exercising, physical exercise, physical exertion, workout 
  2. The act of using
     - use, usage, utilization, utilisation [Brit], employment 
  3. Systematic training by multiple repetitions
     - practice, drill, practice session, recitation 
  4. A task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding
     - example 
  5. (usually plural) a ceremony that involves processions and speeches
     "academic exercises"
  Verb: exercise  'eksur`sIz
  1. Put to use
     - exert 
  2. Carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions
     - practice [N. Amer], practise [Brit, Cdn], do 
  3. Give a workout to
     "Some parents exercise their infants"; "this puzzle will exercise your mind"
     - work, work out 
  4. Do physical exercise
     - work out 
  5. Learn by repetition
     - drill, practice [N. Amer], practise [Brit, Cdn]

  Derived forms: exercises, exercised, exercising

  See also: exerciser

  Type of: activity, apply, ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, ceremony, effort, elbow grease, employ, exertion, grooming, learn, lesson, observance, preparation, put to work, read, study, sweat, take, training, travail, use, utilise [Brit], utilize, work

  Encyclopedia: Exercise

• 
  [Business]
  AmE / noun, verb

  ■ noun

  1 [C]

  an activity or series of activities that is designed to achieve a particular result:

  a training exercise

  The company has undertaken a rebranding exercise.

  an exercise in public relations

  an exercise to boost foreign investment

  ❖ to carry out/conduct/undertake an exercise

  2 [U]

  the use of power or a right to make sth happen:

  The Internet has made the exercise of choice by consumers easy.

  ❖ to encourage/justify/limit the exercise of sth

  3 (Finance ) [U] the exercise of an option

  an act of using an option, especially in order to buy or sell shares in a company:

  revenues from the exercise of share options

  ■ verb [+ obj]

  1

  to use your power or rights in order to achieve sth:

  We are continuing to exercise tight control over costs.

  to exercise a veto

  When she appeared in court she exercised her right to remain silent.

  2 (Finance )

  if you exercise an option you use it, especially in order to buy or sell shares in a company:

  The company has exercised an option to sell its remaining shares in the business.

  The tenants are exercising their option to buy the property.

• 
  [Defence]
  A military maneuver or simulated wartime operation involving planning, preparation, and execution.
  It is carried out for the purpose of training and evaluation.
  It may be a multinational, joint, or single-Service exercise, depending on participating organizations.
  See also command post exercise; field exercise; maneuver.
• 
  [Economics]
  To make use of the right to carry out a transaction on previously agreed terms, mainly in the options market.

[Finance]
To implement the right of the holder of an option to buy (in the case of a call) or sell (in the case of a put) the underlying security.
• 
  [Medicine]
  Physical activity which is usually regular and done with the intention of improving or maintaining PHYSICAL FITNESS or HEALTH. Contrast with EXERTION which is concerned largely with the physiologic and metabolic response to energy expenditure.vb -cised; -cis·ing vt
  1 : to use repeatedly in order to strengthen or develop (as a muscle)
  2 : to put through exercises
  ¦ vi : to take exercise
  n
  1 : regular or repeated use of a faculty or bodily organ
  2 : bodily exertion for the sake of developing and maintaining physical fitness
  

• aerobic exercise:    Noun: aerobic exer ...
• anaerobic exercise:    Noun: anaerobic ex ...
• arm exercise:    Noun: arm exercise ...

Examples

1. he believes in getting plenty of exercise.
2. repeat exercise 2 using the above method.
3. he does not look as though he gets enough exercise.
4. teachers exercise authority over their pupils.
5. pig nutrition is a financial exercise.