aerobics
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3.2
- noun
- /ɛəˈroʊbɪks/
:
aeróbic
- She signed up for an aerobics class to improve her stamina and overall fitness.
- an aerobics class
- step aerobics
- an aerobics routine
Now we're trying to cure it with aerobics and living on protein shakes and diet soups.
- Now we're trying to cure it with aerobics and living on protein shakes and diet soups.
- She wanted to start an aerobics class where it's reggae, soca music, teaching moms as a way to to dance, lose weight, have some fitness in their lives.
Examples
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Two instructors were invited to the class and offered lessons in floor aerobics and kickboxing aerobics.
Academic text (2002) -
The exercisers were engaged in not-for-credit aerobics classes at a Midwestern U.S. university.
Academic text (2001) -
I hate to break up your aerobics class, but this is important.
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You caught me in the middle of a little step aerobics I was doing out here.
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We're going to do some aerobics, and then we plan to go to the beach.
Fiction book (1992) -
The vast majority of participants in aerobics classes were expected to have goals for their exercise.
Academic text (1995) -
Our mothers met at a prenatal aerobics class.
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One of the peers participated in a twice-weekly aerobics class to which she walked.
Academic text (1996) -
I teach aerobics.
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My daughter was describing an aerobics routine she and some classmates had choreographed for gym class.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
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1.0
Activity that makes your body stronger and healthier
35
3.2
Exercise that raises your heart rate and helps your heart and lungs
9
1.0
Physical activity you do to keep fit and healthy
6
2.1
Planned activity that uses your muscles to keep you fit and healthy
5
2.4
Physical activity that raises the heart rate and improves heart and lung fitness
Antonyms
1
3.9
Short periods of very hard activity that build muscle, like lifting weights
How Intense
Surface Forms
Morphology
aerobics = aerobic (semi-transparent) = aero + bic + s
The term 'aerobic' is clear, but the specific exercise system meaning is specialized.
Etymology
The word aerobics comes from the parts aero- ('air') and -bic ('life'). So aerobics are exercises that use oxygen, increase your breathing, and help your heart and energy.