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üben — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • exercise noun Physical activity done to improve fitness or health.
  • practice noun Repeated exercise of an activity in order to improve a skill.
  • practise verb To repeat an activity regularly in order to improve at it.
  • rehearse verb To practise a performance, speech, or scene in preparation for the real thing.
  • train noun A line of connected railway carriages pulled by an engine, used to carry passengers or freight.

Senses

üben is used for these senses in English:

  • exercise To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop.
  • practice Repetition of an activity to improve a skill.
  • practise (transitive) To repeat (an activity) as a way of improving one's skill in that activity.
  • rehearse (ambitransitive) To practise by recitation or repetition in private for experiment and improvement, prior to a public representation, especially in theater.
  • train (intransitive) To practice an ability.

exercise — full definition

  1. noun Physical activity done to improve fitness or health.
  2. noun A task or activity designed to build or practice a skill.
  3. verb To do physical activity to stay fit or healthy.
  4. verb To use a right, power, or option.

practice — full definition

  1. noun Repeated exercise of an activity in order to improve a skill.
  2. noun The ongoing pursuit of a profession, especially medicine or law.
  3. noun A habitual way of doing something.

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