exercise for the reader
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.18 in modern English
36
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see exercise, for, the, reader.
Example Sentences
- "She does not ask to see the dossier on this man before she goes, even though the co-worker has said that he has seen it, etc. The credibility of this conduct is another matter and is left as an exercise for the reader."
- "Moreover, determining what is “passionate,” “artistic,” and “suitable for young children” is left as an exercise for the reader."
Etymology
From academic writing. One of the first known recorded occurrences of this phrase is in An Elementary Course of Mathematics by Thomas Stephens Davies, Stephen Fenwick, and William Rutherford from 1853.