R — The school dictionary · page 31 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10receptionistA person who works at the front desk of an office, hotel, school or doctor's surgery, greeting people, answering the phone and making appo…7 sentencesreceptorA part of the body, such as a nerve ending or a cell in the eye, nose or skin, that picks up a signal like light, smell, heat or touch and…8 sentencesrecessIn the USA, Canada and Australia, the break between lessons when children play outside; in the UK it is called "break" or "playtime".11 sentencesrecessionA time when a country's businesses do badly, many people lose jobs and spending falls.8 sentencesrechargeTo recharge a battery or device means to fill it with electricity again.8 sentencesrechargeableAble to be filled up with electricity again after it runs out, so it can be used many times: a rechargeable battery.7 sentencesrecipeA recipe tells you what you need (the ingredients) and what to do (the method) to cook or bake something.10 sentencesrecipientA person who receives something, such as a letter, a gift, a prize or a message.9 sentencesreciprocalReciprocal means given and received in return; done by both people or sides for each other.10 sentencesreciprocateTo reciprocate is to give or do the same thing back to someone who gave or did it to you.10 sentencesrecitalA performance of music, dance or poetry, often by one person or by pupils, for an audience.10 sentencesrecitationA recitation is saying a poem, speech or piece of writing aloud from memory, often in front of an audience.10 sentencesreciteTo recite is to say a poem, story or piece of writing aloud from memory.11 sentencesrecklessDoing dangerous things without caring or thinking about what could go wrong.9 sentencesrecklesslyIn a careless way, without thinking about danger or the harm that might follow.4 sentencesreckonTo think or believe; to have an opinion.13 sentencesreclaimedPast of «reclaim»: got something back that was yours.11 sentencesreclineTo lean or lie back in a relaxed way, often resting on something.4 sentencesreclinerA recliner is a soft armchair whose back can lean back and whose footrest can come up, so you can lie back comfortably.8 sentencesrecliningLeaning or lying back in a relaxed way: «a reclining figure».10 sentencesrecluseA person who lives alone and avoids being with other people.9 sentencesrecognisableRecognisable means easy to know or identify because you have seen or heard it before.10 sentencesrecogniseTo recognise someone or something is to know who or what they are because you have seen, heard or met them before.11 sentencesrecognitionRecognition is knowing someone or something because you have seen or heard it before.13 sentencesrecognizeTo know someone or something again because you have seen, heard or met it before.4 sentencesrecognizedKnew who someone was or what something was because you had seen or heard it before.12 sentencesrecollectTo remember something from the past, often with effort: «I don't recollect his name.».10 sentencesrecollectionA memory of something from the past.10 sentencesrecommenceTo begin again after a stop or break.9 sentencesrecommendTo recommend something is to say it is good and that someone should try it, like a book or a film.10 sentencesrecommendationA recommendation is advice about what someone should do, as in «the doctor's recommendation is rest».11 sentencesrecompenseRecompense is money or something else given to make up for harm, loss or trouble someone has suffered.10 sentencesreconcileTo make friends again after a quarrel: «The two friends were reconciled».13 sentencesreconciliationMaking friends again after an argument or fight.12 sentencesreconnoitreTo go and look carefully at an area before doing anything, to find out what is there.4 sentencesreconsiderTo think again about a decision or opinion, possibly to change it.8 sentencesreconstituteTo make dried food or powder into its original form again by adding water: reconstituted milk or orange juice.8 sentencesreconstructedReconstructed means built again after being damaged or destroyed.10 sentencesreconstructionReconstruction is building something again after it was damaged or destroyed.11 sentencesreconvertTo change something back into what it was before, or into another form again.10 sentencesrecordA record is a written or saved note of facts, so you can look at it later.13 sentencesrecorderA recorder is a simple wooden or plastic wind instrument with holes, which you blow into and play by covering the holes with your fingers.10 sentencesrecordingA recording is sound or pictures that have been stored so they can be played again, such as a song, video or voice message.13 sentencesrecountverb To tell a story or describe events in order: «He recounted his adventure.».11 sentencesrecourseRecourse is a way of getting help or a solution when you are in trouble.11 sentencesrecoverTo recover means to get well again after an illness or injury.11 sentencesrecoverableAble to be got back after being lost, deleted or stolen.10 sentencesrecoveryRecovery is getting better after being ill, hurt or upset.12 sentencesrecreateTo make something again so that it is like it was before.10 sentencesrecreationThings people do for fun and relaxation in their free time, like sport, games and hobbies.9 sentencesrecreationalDone for fun, relaxing and enjoyment in your free time, not for work: recreational sport.9 sentencesrecruitverb To find and get new people to join a group, team, army or company.10 sentencesrectangleA rectangle is a flat shape with four straight sides and four square corners (right angles). Its opposite sides are equal and parallel.12 sentencesrectangularRectangular means shaped like a rectangle, with four straight sides and square corners.10 sentencesrectifiedPut right; corrected.9 sentencesrectilinearMade of straight lines.10 sentencesrectorA rector is a priest in charge of a parish in the Church of England, the Episcopal Church or the Catholic Church.9 sentencesrecumbentLying down, especially on your back or leaning back.11 sentencesrecuperationGetting better and stronger after an illness, injury or tiring time.9 sentencesrecurTo recur means to happen again, often more than once.12 sentencesrecurrenceA recurrence is when something happens again, especially something bad like an illness or a problem.9 sentencesrecurrentHappening again and again, many times: a recurrent dream.9 sentencesrecurringHappening again and again.9 sentencesrecyclableRecyclable means able to be recycledcollected and made into new things instead of being thrown away. — 7 sentencesrecycleTo recycle something is to collect it after use so it can be broken down and made into something new, like turning old bottles into new on…11 sentencesrecyclingRecycling is the process of collecting used things like paper, glass, metal and plastic and making them into new things.11 sentencesredRed is the color of strawberries, blood and fire trucks.23 sentencesredbreastAnother name for a robin, a small bird with a red chest.4 sentencesreddenTo become red or redder.11 sentencesreddenedPast of «redden»: became red or made something red.10 sentencesreddishReddish means a little red, or nearly red, but not completely («reddish-brown hair»).9 sentencesredecorateTo redecorate a room or house is to make it look new again by painting walls, putting up new wallpaper or changing the curtains and furnit…9 sentencesredeemTo get something back by paying for it or by giving something in return.5 sentencesredeemableAble to be exchanged for money, goods or a prize: «This voucher is redeemable in any store.».9 sentencesredeemedExchanged a voucher, coupon or points for something.11 sentencesredeploymentMoving people, soldiers, workers or equipment to a different place or job where they are needed more.6 sentencesredepositTo put money back into a bank or account.9 sentencesredesignTo redesign something is to design it again, changing its look, shape or the way it works to make it better.9 sentencesredheadA person with red or orange-red hair.9 sentencesrediscoveryFinding something again that had been lost, forgotten or hidden.8 sentencesrednessRedness is the state of being red.10 sentencesredoTo redo something is to do it again, usually because it was wrong or not good enough.12 sentencesredoubleTo make an effort, a feeling or an action much stronger or greater.9 sentencesredoubtableFearsome and powerful, so that people feel respect or fear for them.4 sentencesredraftTo write a piece of writing again, making it better.8 sentencesredressTo put right an unfair or harmful state of things.5 sentencesredshiftRedshift is when light from a star or galaxy moving away from us is stretched so it looks redder, shifting towards the red end of the rain…8 sentencesredskinAn old, rude name for a Native American; it must not be used now.4 sentencesreduceTo reduce something is to make it smaller in size, amount, number or strength.14 sentencesreductionA reduction is making something smaller or less, or the amount by which it is made smaller.11 sentencesredundancyRedundancy is losing your job because the employer no longer needs that jobfor example when a factory closes — not because of anything… — 9 sentencesredundantRedundant means not needed any more, because there is already enough or it is repeated.10 sentencesredwoodA very tall evergreen tree with reddish bark, found mainly in California; coast redwoods are the tallest trees on Earth.8 sentencesreedA reed is a tall, thin, grass-like plant with a hollow stem that grows in or near water.11 sentencesreedyFull of reeds, the tall grass-like plants that grow in water.5 sentencesreefA reef is a long ridge of rock, sand or coral just under or at the surface of the sea.10 sentencesreekTo have a very strong, unpleasant smell.13 sentencesreelA round thing that thread, film, fishing line or wire is wound on.16 sentencesrefA ref is a referee, the official who makes sure players follow the rules in games like football, rugby, boxing and basketball.9 sentencesrefectoryA large dining hall, especially in a monastery, convent, college or old school.9 sentences1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/page/3/