exercise
Activity you do to keep your body healthy and strong.
Physical activity done to improve health, strength, or fitness.
A task you do to learn or practice something.
A task or activity done to practice or develop a skill, especially in learning or training.
To move your body to make it healthy and strong.
To take part in physical activity to improve health, strength, or fitness.
To use a right, power, or skill that you have.
To make use of a right, power, or ability.
The act of using a right, power, or skill you have.
The act of using a right, power, or ability.
- Base: exercise
- Plural: exercise, exercises
- Base: exercise
- 3rd Person Singular: exercises
- Present Participle: exercising
- Past: exercised
exercise control over [something]
1Use power to direct something/someone
To have power over something and use it to make decisions about it.
- The company exercises control over all its subsidiaries.
- Parents should not try to exercise too much control over their children.
take exercise
1Do physical activity for health
To do physical activity to stay healthy.
- Doctors advise older people to take regular exercise.
- He takes daily exercise by walking his dog.
exercise caution
1Act carefully to avoid danger
To be careful so that nothing bad happens.
- Drivers should exercise caution in icy conditions.
- We must exercise caution when handling chemicals.
exercise caution
2act in a careful, guarded way
To be careful in what you do, so that nothing bad happens.
- Parents are urged to exercise caution when sharing photos of their children online.
- The company told staff to exercise caution when opening email attachments.
- Hikers should exercise caution during stormy weather.