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exercise
noun [C] (PRACTICE) /ˈek·sərˌsɑɪz/Definition
› an action or actions intended to improve something or make something happen: The military exercises will involve several thousand soldiers. The whole thing was an exercise in futility (= actions that were useless). › An exercise can be written work that you do to practice something you are learning: The book has exercises at the end of every chapter.
(Definition of exercise noun (PRACTICE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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