Exercice vs. Exercise: Decoding the Right Spelling

Planned movements of soldiers or ships for training.

A regular procedure or set of activities, especially in a professional or business context.

Activity that requires physical or mental exertion, especially when performed to develop or maintain fitness

A specific activity performed to develop or maintain fitness or a skill

The active use or application of something

The discharge of a duty, function, or office.

An activity having a specified aspect

A military maneuver or training activity.

Exercises A ceremony that includes speeches, presentations, and other activities

To subject to practice or exertion in order to train, strengthen, or develop

To put through exercises

To make active use of; employ, apply, or exert

To discharge (duties, for example).

To carry out the functions of

To execute the terms of (a stock option, for example).

To alarm, worry, or anger; upset

To engage in exercise.

(countable) Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability.

Activity intended to improve physical, or sometimes mental, strength and fitness.

A setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use.

The performance of an office, ceremony, or duty.

(obsolete) That which gives practice; a trial; a test.

To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop.

(intransitive) To perform physical activity for health or training.

(transitive) To use (a right, an option, etc.); to put into practice.

To occupy the attention and effort of; to task; to tax, especially in a painful or vexatious manner; harass; to vex; to worry or make anxious.

(obsolete) To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make exertion; to give employment to.

The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use; habitual activity; occupation, in general; practice.

Exertion for the sake of training or improvement whether physical, intellectual, or moral; practice to acquire skill, knowledge, virtue, perfectness, grace, etc.

Bodily exertion for the sake of keeping the organs and functions in a healthy state; hygienic activity; as, to take exercise on horseback; to exercise on a treadmill or in a gym.

The performance of an office, a ceremony, or a religious duty.

That which is done for the sake of exercising, practicing, training, or promoting skill, health, mental, improvement, moral discipline, etc.; that which is assigned or prescribed for such ends; hence, a disquisition; a lesson; a task; as, military or naval exercises; musical exercises; an exercise in composition; arithmetic exercises.

That which gives practice; a trial; a test.

To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make exertion; to give employment to; to put in action habitually or constantly; to school or train; to exert repeatedly; to busy.

To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop; hence, also, to improve by practice; to discipline, and to use or to for the purpose of training; as, to exercise arms; to exercise one's self in music; to exercise troops.

To occupy the attention and effort of; to task; to tax, especially in a painful or vexatious manner; harass; to vex; to worry or make anxious; to affect; to discipline; as, exercised with pain.

To put in practice; to carry out in action; to perform the duties of; to use; to employ; to practice; as, to exercise authority; to exercise an office.

To exercise one's self, as under military training; to drill; to take exercise; to use action or exertion; to practice gymnastics; as, to exercise for health or amusement.

The activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit;

The act of using;

Systematic training by multiple repetitions;

A task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding;

(usually plural) a ceremony that involves processions and speeches;

Put to use;

Carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions;

Give a work-out to;

Do physical exercise;

Learn by repetition;

Engaging in bodily activities to maintain or improve health and fitness.

An activity or problem designed to train or develop skills.

The act of employing or applying something, like a right or power.