How to spell exercise

hear itex·er·cise/'ɛksər,saɪz/verbLong vowels

What it means: To do physical activity to stay healthy and fit.

In a sentence: We exercise by jumping and playing outside.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as excercise or excersise.

Same family: exercises, exercising, exercised, exercise routine, physical activity. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Exercise comes from Latin 'exercitium,' meaning 'training' or 'practice.' It originally referred to military drills and practice, and later came to mean any kind of physical training.

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