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exercise

/ˈeksəˌsaɪz/EK-sur-syz
/ˈɛksɚˌsaɪz/EK-sur-syz

Meaningkept at work

Common meaning: physical activity

Other meanings: practice

Journey through time

  1. Latinexercitussource
  2. Old Frenchexercice‘exercise’source
  3. Middle Englishexercisesource
  4. Englishexercise‘physical activity’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin exercitus ‘kept at work’.

Roots

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