exercise meaning
EN
[-aɪz] [ˈɛk.sə.saɪz] [ˈɛk.sɚ.saɪz] 
US - NounPLexercisesSUF-ise
- Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability.
- The teacher told us the next exercise is to write an essay.
- Physical activity intended to improve 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.
- OBS That which gives practice; a trial; a test.
- Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability.
- VerbSGexercisesPRexercisingPT, PPexercised
- To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop.
- to exercise troops or horses; to exercise one's brain with a puzzle
- To perform physical activity for health or training.
- I exercise at the gym every day.
- To use (a right, an option, etc.); to put into practice.
- The tenant exercised its option to renew the tenancy.
- She is going to exercise her right to vote.
- (now often in passive) 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.
- exercised with pain
- OBS To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make exertion; to give employment to.
- To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Pomegranate juice and exercise are great natural blood thinners.
- I expect to find her on her return sprung into full possession & exercise of faculties of mind and I trust heart, hitherto undreamt of by any of us, & only drempt of by herself.
- Everyone should try Pecha Kucha—it's a good exercise for getting your story down even if you do not use this exact method for your own live talk.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- She watched him wasting away from lack of food or exercise.
- Garments made of certain new materials breathe well and keep the skin relatively dry during exercise.
- One of these days, he thinks he will swear off his nightly television regimen and get some exercise.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of exercise in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Nouns
- en exercised
- en exercises
- en exerciser
- en exercisest
- en exerciseth
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "exercise" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb.