recreational

«recreational» in Mova's school dictionary: Done for fun, relaxing and enjoyment in your free time… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (recreational)

meaning for a pupil

1) Done for fun, relaxing and enjoyment in your free time, not for work: recreational sport. tree →

2) Used for fun and play: a recreational area, a recreational vehicle (RV). tree →

3) (of drugs) Taken for pleasure, not as medicine — still often illegal and harmful. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life recreational activities are hobbies and games; parks and leisure centres are recreational areas. In safety and health lessons «recreational drugs» is a term to understand as a warning. Formal word; casual: «for fun».

examples

• Swimming is my favourite recreational activity. tree →
• The town built a new recreational ground. tree →
• They travelled in a recreational vehicle. tree →
• Recreational fishing is allowed on the lake. tree →
• Many adults play recreational football at weekends. tree →
• Recreational drugs can seriously harm your health. tree →

note

Noun: recreation (UK school: «rec», US: «rec room», «recess» is a different word). Not about «re-creating» something, though the word comes from «create anew».

In the corpora

• "Recreational drugs" means illegal drugs taken for pleasure.

Trees and pragmatics

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