Exercise and Guide

Exercise

Exercise verb - To bring to bear especially forcefully or effectively.

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Guide and exercise are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Guide" instead a verb "Exercise".

Nearby Words: exercised, exercising, exerciser, exercizing, exercized

Guide verb - To give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed.

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Exercise and guide are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Exercise" instead a verb "Guide".

Nearby Words: guidance, guided, guideline, guiding

good	good exercise	good guide
free	free exercise	free guide
actual	actual exercise	actual guide
entire	entire exercise	entire guide
Other adjectives: real, massive, big, huge, little, excellent, major, final, hapless, tedious, basic.

The Airport, on the other hand, is one long, confusing maze that seems neverending without a guide, and even with one it's still an exercise in patience and tedium.

Source: Difficulty Spike
Figuring out just how to unlock certain pieces of equipment can be an exercise in Guide Dang It.

Source: Tech Tree
In his book The Devil's Guide to Hollywood, screenwriter Joe Eszterhas states essentially that he conceived and wrote this film in 13 days as a cynical exercise in creating the Lowest Common Denominator screenplay possible.

Source: Stealth Parody

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