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# exercise

«exercise» in Mova's school dictionary: **moving your body to keep fit and healthy, like running…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (exercise, uncountable; an exercise, exercises); verb (exercise, exercises, exercised, exercising)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Exercise is moving your body to keep fit and healthy, like running, swimming or playing sport. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exercise/#m1)

2) An exercise is a movement or activity done to get stronger or better, like stretching exercises. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exercise/#m2)

3) An exercise is a piece of school work or a set of questions for practice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exercise/#m3)

4) To exercise is to do physical activity, or to make an animal do it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exercise/#m4)

5) An exercise book is a notebook for school work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exercise/#m5)

6) To exercise a power or right is to use it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exercise/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

In health lessons, exercise strengthens the heart, lungs and muscles, helps sleep and improves mood; children need about an hour of active play a day. Warm up before and drink water. In school, exercises in maths and English practise skills. Phrases: get some exercise, do exercises, exercise book, breathing exercises, fire exercise (a drill).

### examples

- Exercise is good for your heart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exercise/#x1)
- We do stretching exercises before PE. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exercise/#x2)
- Finish exercise 3 on page 20. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exercise/#x3)
- Write your answers in your exercise book. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exercise/#x4)
- You should exercise every day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exercise/#x5)
- Grandad exercises his dog in the park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exercise/#x6)
- Swimming is great exercise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exercise/#x7)
- They exercise their power in different ways, and everywhere. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exercise/#x8)

### note

"Exercise" (physical activity in general) is uncountable: get some exercise. "An exercise" (one activity or task) is countable. Spelling: ex-er-cise. In maths, an exercise is a practice question; the answer usually uses the method just taught.

### In the corpora

- [Tablets, less salt and more exercise can lower high blood pressure, and measuring it only feels like a tight squeeze.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness/16/)
- [Running and other exercise release chemicals in the brain that lift mood, and free weekly parkruns are open to all ages.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights/12/)
- [The heart grows stronger with exercise like any muscle, and it looks nothing like the heart on a Valentine's card.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/65-the-heart-and-blood/4/)
- [Dogs need exercise every day; walks keep them fit and happy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/225-caring-for-a-pet-needs-dangers-and-responsibility/14/)
- [Secondly, exercise helps learning.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries/3/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «exercise» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exercise/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.