recess
part of speech
noun (recess, recesses)
meaning for a pupil
1) In the USA, Canada and Australia, the break between lessons when children play outside; in the UK it is called "break" or "playtime". tree →
2) A time when a parliament, court or other group stops working for a while. tree →
3) A small space set back into a wall, like an alcove. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means a deep hidden place, like the depths of the sea. Interpretation: God asks Job if he has walked in the sea's depths. This shows that only God knows the hidden places of creation. In the primary lessons: In school life, recess is when pupils eat a snack and play; teachers watch over the playground. In everyday life "a recess in the wall" can hold shelves. Phrases: at recess, during recess, recess duty, in recess.
examples
- Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep? (Writings JOB.38.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- We play tag at recess. tree →
- Recess is twenty minutes long. tree →
- It rained, so we had indoor recess. tree →
- Put your snack in your bag for recess. tree →
- The bookshelf fits into the recess by the fireplace. tree →
- Parliament is in recess for the summer. tree →
- Who is on recess duty today? tree →
- But there was one recess in the wall, no larger than a bird-cage, which was the private apartment of Tinker Bell. tree →
note
Usually uncountable for the school break: "at recess", "during recess". Plural "recesses" for spaces in a wall. Stress: "REE-sess" or "ri-SESS". In maths problems, recess times may be used for time sums: if recess starts at 10:30 and lasts 20 minutes, it ends at 10:50.
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «recess» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.