exercised

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of exercise. Use this form for something that already happened.

   She exercised every morning before school last year.

   They exercised their right to speak at the meeting.

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2. 2
   adjective

   Skilled and experienced because of a lot of practice.

   Like a cook who has made the same dish a thousand times.

   An exercised player reads the game faster than a beginner.

   Her exercised ear could pick out every wrong note in the choir.

   Similarpracticed, experienced, trained, skilled, seasoned

   Oppositeinexperienced, untrained, unpracticed

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3. 3
   adjective

   Used or put into action, not left unused.

   The judge cared about exercised rights, not rights that people only talked about.

   Each exercised option let her buy one share at the old, lower price.

   Similarused, applied

   Oppositeunused

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