intellectual exercise

collocation in English

meaningsofintellectualandexercise

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intellectual
adjective
uk
/ˌɪn.təlˈek.tʃu.əl/us
/ˌɪn.t̬əlˈek.tʃu.əl/
relating to your ability to think and understand things, especially ...
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exercise
noun
uk
/ˈek.sə.saɪz/us
/ˈek.sɚ.saɪz/
physical activity that you do to make your body strong ...
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(Definition ofintellectualandexercisefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofintellectual exercise

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This militates against drawing any conclusions from the comparative meta-analysis of the community- control studies, which should be regarded as anintellectualexercise.
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This amplification via ornamentation and sonorous saturation predicated on the play of figures constitutes anintellectualexerciseof the highest excellence.
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However, in the context of conflictual national discourses, post-modernity is more of anintellectualexercise.
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Much greater clarity of intention and freedom of action will result, however, from attempting theintellectualexerciseand engaging wider circles in discussion of each building's value at this level.
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Competition is a sort ofintellectualexercise.
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In some cases people might be caused to indulge in gaming because of the desire forintellectualexercise.
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In fact do not try to do anything which might be decisive and which might demandintellectualexercise.
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It is a great enjoyment to listen to him, and a greatintellectualexercise.
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It is a considerableintellectualexerciseto understand all that.
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It was quite a stimulatingintellectualexercisefor the audience to keep remembering who was really supposed to be whom.
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It is not an abstract,intellectualexerciseto see whether systems mesh and whether the detail is accurate.
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The thing breaks down as anintellectualexercisein political philosophy, apart from being an obvious physical impossibility.
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I would say that some politicians ought to back horses, not as a gamble but as anintellectualexercise.
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Inventing a new policy is a wonderful thing, requiring a great deal ofintellectualexerciseand agility.
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That is an ordinary,intellectualexercisethat any young law student should be able to do.
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At the risk of being tiresome, it seems that the commissioner is being called on to carry out a curiousintellectualexercise.
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How can she do that as a separateintellectualexercise?
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No doubt he believes that theintellectualexerciseinvolved in meeting the regional chairmen will be too strenuous for him to undertake.
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It is anintellectualexercisenot without difficulty.
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