recreation

«recreation» in Mova's school dictionary: Things people do for fun and relaxation in their free… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (recreation, recreations)

meaning for a pupil

1) Things people do for fun and relaxation in their free time, like sport, games and hobbies. tree →

2) (pronounced re-create-ion, often with a hyphen: re-creation) Making something again, or a copy of something old: a re-creation of a Viking village. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life there are recreation grounds («the rec»), recreation centres and recreation time at school (break time). In health lessons recreation keeps body and mind well. In maths a problem may give hours spent on recreation per day. Phrases: «recreation ground», «recreation centre», «for recreation», «outdoor recreation».

examples

• We play football at the recreation ground. tree →
• Swimming is my favourite recreation. tree →
• The new recreation centre has a climbing wall. tree →
• Kids need time for recreation after school. tree →
• (UK informal) Meet us at the rec after lunch. tree →
• If she spends 2 hours a day on recreation, how many hours is that in a week? tree →
• The museum built a re-creation of a castle kitchen. tree →

note

Mostly uncountable. Short informal form: «rec» (UK, US). Adjective: recreational. The «re-creation» sense is pronounced differently (REE-cree-AY-shun) and often hyphenated.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «recreation» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.