exercising Definition

exercise
noun

1. Physical training or exertion for health or pleasure.
2. An activity intended to develop a skill.
3. A task designed to test ability.
4. A piece of written work intended as practice for learners.
5. formal
The act of putting something into practice or carrying it out.
Example: the exercise of one's duty
Thesaurus: use, application, employment, implementation, utilization.
6. military.
Training and practice for soldiers.
Form: exercises (usually)

verb exercised, exercising

tr & intr
1. To give exercise to (oneself, or someone or something else).
2. To use something or bring it into use.

Example: exercised his right to appeal
Thesaurus: use, employ, utilize, apply, execute, put in practice.
3. To trouble, concern, or occupy someone's thoughts.

Derivative: exercisable
adj

Derivative: exerciser
noun

Idiom: the object of the exercise

The purpose of a particular operation or activity.

Etymology: 14c: from French exercice, from Latin exercere to keep busy.