Antonyms for exercises


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : ek-ser-sahyz
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛk sərˌsaɪz


Definition of exercises

Origin :
  • mid-14c., "condition of being in active operation; practice for the sake of training," from Old French exercice (13c.) "exercise, execution of power; physical or spiritual exercise," from Latin exercitium "training, exercise," from exercitare, frequentative of exercere "keep busy, drive on," literally "remove restraint," from ex- "off" (see ex-) + arcere "keep away, prevent, enclose," from PIE *ark- "to hold, contain, guard" (see arcane).
  • Original sense may have been driving farm animals to the field to plow. Meaning "physical activity" first recorded in English late 14c.; in reference to written schoolwork from early 17c. The ending was abstracted for formations such as dancercise (1967); jazzercise (1977); and boxercise (1985).
  • noun work, effort
  • noun accomplishment, use
  • verb put to use
  • verb do repeatedly, especially to improve
  • verb upset, worry
Example sentences :
  • "The professor made a bully speech," said more than one after the exercises were over.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • Wearing the crown is the most valuable of all exercises for young people.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 » by Various
  • After such articles as clothing and arms had been unpacked, the exercises began.
  • Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
  • To Jeffrey they seemed to be "all composed as exercises and for display."
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
  • He got other boys to do his exercises for him, while he romped and scrambled about.
  • Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
  • What is it that here imparts the impulse and exercises the control?
  • Extract from : « Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics » by William Thomas Thornton
  • With Illustrations and Exercises adapted to the use of schools.
  • Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848 » by Various
  • Regimental exercises filled weekends in Cheshire or the West Riding.
  • Extract from : « With Manchesters in the East » by Gerald B. Hurst
  • The exercises will consist of songs and music and a goodly array of speeches.
  • Extract from : « Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia » by Various
  • But a friend is a sane man who exercises not my ingenuity, but me.
  • Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Synonyms for exercises

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