📖 R — The English dictionary · page 14

recommendation — Everyday, meaning 1: A recommendation is advice about what someone should do, as in «the doctor's recommendation is rest».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A recommendation is a suggestion that something or someone is good, like a book, film or worker.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (formal) A letter of recommendation says good things about a person who is applying for a job or school.↗ Example: Thanks for the book recommendation; I loved it!↗ · The doctor's recommendation was to drink more water.↗ · I tried the café on my friend's recommendation.↗ · The report ends with three recommendations.↗ · The video app's recommendations kept me watching too long.↗ · The teacher wrote a letter of recommendation for the music school.↗ · My recommendation is to start your homework early.↗ · As to the king, the Caliph contented himself with sending him back to Balsora, with the recommendation to be more careful in future in the choice of his vizir.↗

recompense — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) Recompense is money or something else given to make up for harm, loss or trouble someone has suffered.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) Recompense can also be a reward for work or effort.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (formal) To recompense someone is to pay or reward them for loss, work or trouble.↗ Example: (formal) The airline offered a free ticket as recompense for the lost luggage.↗ · (formal) He worked for years without recompense.↗ · (formal) The company recompensed the families for the damage to their homes.↗ · In recompense for breaking the window, Tom washed the neighbour's car.↗ · (Bible) The old Bible says that God will give each person recompense for their deeds.↗ · (formal) The volunteers asked for no recompense.↗ · The King recompensed them both with silver and gold.↗ · If I whet My glittering sword, and My hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to Mine adversaries, and will recompense them that hate Me.↗ (Torah DEU.32.41, JPS 1917)↗ · Vengeance is Mine, and recompense, against the time when their foot shall slip; for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that are to come upon them shall make haste.↗ (Torah DEU.32.35, JPS 1917)↗ · Shall evil be recompensed for good?↗ (Prophets JER.18.20, JPS 1917)↗ · Shall His recompense be as thou wilt?↗ (Writings JOB.34.33, JPS 1917)↗ · Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; for vanity shall be his recompense.↗ (Writings JOB.15.31, JPS 1917)↗

reconcile — Everyday, meaning 1: To make friends again after a quarrel: «The two friends were reconciled».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To make two ideas, facts or needs agree with each other, or show that they can both be true.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (reconcile yourself to) To accept something unpleasant that you cannot change.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (money) To check that two sets of figures, such as bank records and receipts, match.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (church) In Christian teaching, to be brought back into friendship with God; the sacrament of Reconciliation is confession in the Catholic Church.↗ Example: After a week of not talking, the two friends were reconciled.↗ · Mum and her sister finally reconciled after years apart.↗ · It is hard to reconcile wanting to save money with wanting a new game.↗ · He reconciled himself to missing the trip because he was ill.↗ · Dad reconciled his bank statement with his receipts and found a mistake.↗ · Our story ended with the two kings reconciled and the war over.↗ · Catholics believe that in the Sacrament of Reconciliation, God forgives their sins.↗ · When King Pippin heard that he begged his brother’s pardon, and they were reconciled at once and became good friends.↗ · The three fundamental letters א״מ״ש signify, as מ is mute like the water and ש hissing like the fire, there is א among them, a breath of air which reconciles them.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · Water is silent, Fire is sibilant, and Air derived fron the Spirit is as the tongue of a balance standing between these contraries which are in equilibrium, reconciling and mediating between them.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · Water is silent, Fire is sibilant, and Air derived from the Spirit is as the tongue of a balance standing between these contraries which are in equilibrium, reconciling and mediating between them.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

reconciliation — Everyday, meaning 1: Making friends again after an argument or fight.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Making two ideas or facts agree when they seemed different.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (church) In the Catholic Church, the sacrament of Reconciliation (confession), where Catholics believe sins are forgiven.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (money) Checking that two sets of numbers match, like a bank statement and your own record.↗ Example: After the fight, the two friends had a happy reconciliation.↗ · Mum helped bring about a reconciliation between my brother and me.↗ · Catholics go to Reconciliation to confess their sins.↗ · Australia holds National Reconciliation Week.↗ · Christians believe Jesus brought reconciliation between God and people.↗ · The bank reconciliation showed a mistake of five pounds.↗ · The teacher talked about forgiveness and reconciliation.↗ · Hence, when a reconciliation took place between friends who had quarrelled, Ate was blamed as the original cause of disagreement.↗

recondite — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Hard to understand because it is deep and known by only a few.↗ Example: The Three Mothers, Aleph, Mem and Shin, are a great Mystery, very admirable and most recondite, and sealed as with six rings; and from them proceed Air, Fire, and Water, which divide into active and passive forces.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · The Three Mothers Aleph, Mem and Shin are a great Mystery, very admirable and most recondite, and sealed as with six rings ; and from them proceed Air, Fire, and Water, which divide into male and female forces.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

reconnoitre — Everyday, meaning 1: To go and look carefully at an area before doing anything, to find out what is there.↗ Example: The scouts went ahead to reconnoitre the valley.↗ · Before we enter the cave, let me reconnoitre.↗ · The spaniels were sent out to reconnoitre the snowy hill.↗

reconsider — Everyday, meaning 1: To think again about a decision or opinion, possibly to change it.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) To look again at a case or plan.↗ Example: Please reconsider and come to the party.↗ · After hearing the facts, the judge reconsidered the case.↗ · I reconsidered my answer and found a mistake.↗ · The council will reconsider closing the library.↗ · Dad reconsidered and let us keep the puppy.↗ · She asked the coach to reconsider his choice.↗

reconstitute — Everyday, meaning 1: To make dried food or powder into its original form again by adding water: reconstituted milk or orange juice.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) To form a group, organisation or system again, often in a new way.↗ Example: Add hot water to reconstitute the dried soup.↗ · This orange juice is reconstituted from concentrate.↗ · Astronauts reconstitute their dried food with water.↗ · The club was reconstituted with new members.↗ · The powder is reconstituted into milk for the baby.↗ · After the war, the army was reconstituted.↗

reconstructed — Everyday, meaning 1: Reconstructed means built again after being damaged or destroyed.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Reconstructed can mean worked out or pieced together from clues, like a reconstructed event or crime.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: As an adjective, it describes a copy built to show how something used to look, such as a reconstructed Iron Age house.↗ Example: The old bridge was reconstructed after the flood.↗ · We visited a reconstructed Iron Age roundhouse.↗ · Scientists reconstructed the dinosaur from its bones.↗ · The police reconstructed the accident to see what went wrong.↗ · After the war, the city centre was reconstructed stone by stone.↗ · Shakespeare's Globe in London is a reconstructed theatre.↗ · The face of the ancient king was reconstructed using computer models.↗

reconstruction — Everyday, meaning 1: Reconstruction is building something again after it was damaged or destroyed.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A reconstruction is a copy made to show how something looked long ago, like a model of an old village.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A reconstruction is an attempt to work out what happened, for example by acting out a crime or an accident step by step.↗ Example: The bridge is closed for reconstruction.↗ · After the earthquake, the reconstruction of the town took a long time.↗ · The museum has a reconstruction of a Viking house.↗ · Scientists made a reconstruction of the dinosaur from its bones.↗ · The police did a reconstruction of the robbery to jog people's memories.↗ · Our class built a reconstruction of a Roman fort out of cardboard.↗ · The reconstruction of the old school cost a lot of money.↗ · The doctor talked about reconstruction of his broken knee.↗

reconvert — Everyday, meaning 1: To change something back into what it was before, or into another form again.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To change a building or machine back to its old use.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To bring someone back to a belief or religion they had left.↗ Example: We converted 3 metres into centimetres and then reconverted it to check.↗ · Dad wants to reconvert the playroom into a garage.↗ · The old church was reconverted from a shop into a place of worship.↗ · Can you reconvert the photo into the old file type?↗ · The ice melted and the water was frozen again, so it was reconverted into ice.↗ · Some machines can reconvert heat into electricity.↗ · After the war the factory was reconverted to make cars again.↗

record — Everyday, meaning 1: (noun, said REK-ord) A record is a written or saved note of facts, so you can look at it later.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The best result ever, such as the fastest time or highest score.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A round flat disc that plays music.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (verb, said ri-KORD) To record is to write down information.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: To save sound or pictures so you can play them again.↗ Example: Record your results in the table.↗ · She broke the school record for the long jump.↗ · We recorded our song on a tablet.↗ · The doctor keeps a record of your vaccinations.↗ · Grandad still plays his old records.↗ · It was a record crowd for the match.↗ · The teacher keeps a record of who reads at home.↗ · “I also,” he said, “have an honourable record.”↗ · and I will take unto Me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.'↗ (Prophets ISA.8.2, JPS 1917)↗ · And there was found at Ahmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, a roll, and therein was thus written: 'A record.↗ (Writings EZR.6.2, JPS 1917)↗ · On that night could not the king sleep; and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles, and they were read before the king.↗ (Writings EST.6.1, JPS 1917)↗

recorder — Everyday, meaning 1: A recorder is a simple wooden or plastic wind instrument with holes, which you blow into and play by covering the holes with your fingers.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A machine that records sound or pictures, like a voice recorder or a flight recorder.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A person who writes down what happens, for example in a group.↗ Example: We are learning to play the recorder.↗ · She played a tune on her recorder.↗ · Cover all the holes to play a low note on the recorder.↗ · Who wants to be the recorder for our group?↗ · The journalist used a voice recorder.↗ · The flight recorder was found after the crash.↗ · Wash your recorder after you play it.↗ · and Adoram was over the levy; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder; (Prophets 2SA.20.24, JPS 1917)↗ · Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder; (Prophets 1KI.4.3, JPS 1917)↗ · And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder; (Prophets 2SA.8.16, JPS 1917)↗

recording — Everyday, meaning 1: A recording is sound or pictures that have been stored so they can be played again, such as a song, video or voice message.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Recording is the act of storing sound or pictures.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (school, science) Recording means writing down results, such as measurements in a table.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: It is the -ing form of «record».↗ e.g. "She is recording a song."↗ Example: We listened to a recording of the class play.↗ · The band went into a recording studio.↗ · Use the recording sheet to write down the temperatures.↗ · She is recording a message for Grandma.↗ · Please ask before recording anyone on your phone.↗ · The police checked the camera recording.↗ · This is an old recording of a famous speech.↗ · In any other country of Europe some national means of recording them would have long ago been adopted.↗

recount — Everyday, meaning 1: verb To tell a story or describe events in order: «He recounted his adventure.».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: verb (re-count) To count again.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: noun A second count of votes in an election when the result is very close.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: noun (UK schools) A piece of writing that retells events in time order, like a diary or trip report.↗ Example: Write a recount of your weekend.↗ · Grandma recounted stories of her childhood in Ireland.↗ · I recounted the coins and found one more.↗ · The vote was so close that they had a recount.↗ · The sailor recounted his adventure on the island.↗ · Use time words in your recount: first, then, finally.↗ · Presenting himself before the throne on which sat the stony-hearted king and his consort Persephone, Orpheus recounted his woes to the sound of his lyre.↗ · And Haman recounted unto Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him.↗ (Writings EST.6.13, JPS 1917)↗ · And Haman recounted unto them the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and everything as to how the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.↗ (Writings EST.5.11, JPS 1917)↗