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A n1 ( operation) gen, Admin, Comm, Pol opération f ; ( long-term or large-scale) stratégie f ; academic exercise ( pointless) exercice m d'école ; marketing exercise opération f de marketing ; public relations exercise campagne f de relations publiques ; an exercise in democracy/diplomacy un exercice de démocratie/de diplomatie ;3 ( training task) gen, Mus, Sch, Sport exercice m ; intellectual exercise exercice intellectuel ; maths exercise exercice de maths ;6 Fin levée f.C vtr1 ( apply) faire preuve de [authority, care, caution, control, patience, restraint, tolerance] ; exercer [power, right] ; faire valoir, exercer [rights] ;2 ( exert physically) exercer [body, mind] ; faire travailler [limb, muscles] ; promener [dog] ; sortir [horse] ;3 ( worry) préoccuper ; a problem which has exercised many great minds un problème qui a préoccupé de nombreux savants ;4 Fin lever [option].D vi faire de l'exercice.
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