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 →

2) An exercise is a movement or activity done to get stronger or better, like stretching exercises. tree →

3) An exercise is a piece of school work or a set of questions for practice. tree →

4) To exercise is to do physical activity, or to make an animal do it. tree →

5) An exercise book is a notebook for school work. tree →

6) To exercise a power or right is to use it. tree →

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 →
• We do stretching exercises before PE. tree →
• Finish exercise 3 on page 20. tree →
• Write your answers in your exercise book. tree →
• You should exercise every day. tree →
• Grandad exercises his dog in the park. tree →
• Swimming is great exercise. tree →
• They exercise their power in different ways, and everywhere. tree →

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.
• Running and other exercise release chemicals in the brain that lift mood, and free weekly parkruns are open to all ages.
• The heart grows stronger with exercise like any muscle, and it looks nothing like the heart on a Valentine's card.
• Dogs need exercise every day; walks keep them fit and happy.
• Secondly, exercise helps learning.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «exercise» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.