Exercise Exercised Exercising Influence Hour’s Class Verb Bre

• when she appeared in court she exercised her right to remain silent.
• he was a man who exercised considerable influence over people.
• an hour’s class of exercising to music
• how often do you exercise?

exercise

1. to use your power, rights or personal qualities in order to achieve something
• When she appeared in court she exercised her right to remain silent.
• He was a man who exercised considerable influence over people.
2. to do sports or other physical activities in order to stay healthy or become stronger; to make an animal do this
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• an hour’s class of exercising to music
• How often do you exercise?
• Horses need to be exercised regularly.
3. to give a part of the body the movement and activity it needs to keep strong and healthy
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• These movements will exercise your arms and shoulders.
4. if somebody is exercised about something, they are very anxious about it
• The public are less exercised about this matter than the media.
• This very problem has exercised the minds of some of our most eminent scientists.

Extra Examples

• Each of us has a vote—if we choose to exercise it.
• It is necessary to exercise caution when making recommendations.
• Managers are free to exercise their discretion in these cases.
• The all-powerful steering committee continued to exercise control.
• The company’s representative failed to exercise due care.
• They found themselves unable to exercise influence and maintain independence.
• They have the right to exercise self-determination.
• the conditions necessary to fully exercise these rights
• the purposes for which power can be rightfully exercised
• the right to freely exercise your religion
• Care must be exercised to ensure there is no cross-contamination between samples.
• I’ve just done an hour’s class of exercising to music.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they exercise
• he / she / it exercises
• past simple exercised
• past participle exercised
• -ing form exercising

Word Origin

• Middle English (in the sense ‘application of a right’): via Old French from Latin exercitium, from exercere ‘keep busy, practise’, from ex- ‘thoroughly’ + arcere ‘keep in or away’.