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noun
1.
temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity.
2.
a period of such withdrawal.
3.
a receding part or space, as a bay or alcove in a room.
4.
an indentation in a line or extent of coast, hills, forest, etc.
5.
recesses, a secluded or inner area or part: in the recesses of the palace.
verb (used with object)
6.
to place or set in a recess.
7.
to set or form as or like a recess; make a recess or recesses in: to recess a wall.
8.
to suspend or defer for a recess: to recess the Senate.
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Recess
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verb (used without object)
9.
to take a recess.
Origin:
1510–20; < Latin recessus a withdrawal, receding part, equivalent to recēd(ere) to recede1 + -tus suffix of v. action, with dt > ss
1510–20; < Latin recessus a withdrawal, receding part, equivalent to recēd(ere) to recede1 + -tus suffix of v. action, with dt > ss
Related forms
non·re·cess, noun
Synonyms
1. respite, rest, break, vacation.
1. respite, rest, break, vacation.
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Example Sentences
- Recess has, in many districts, vanished from the schedule entirely.
- Congress to protect jobs by extending the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefit when it returned from its summer recess.
- The small recess in front of the throne was used for offerings, archaeologists say.
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World English Dictionary
| recess | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a space, such as a niche or alcove, set back or indented |
| 2. | (often plural) a secluded or secret place: recesses of the mind |
| 3. | a cessation of business, such as the closure of Parliament during a vacation |
| 4. | anatomy a small cavity or depression in a bodily organ, part, or structure |
| 5. | (US), (Canadian) a break between classes at a school |
| —vb | |
| 6. | (tr) to place or set (something) in a recess |
| 7. | (tr) to build a recess or recesses in (a wall, building, etc) |
| [C16: from Latin recessus a retreat, from recēdere to | |
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Word Origin & History
recess
1531, "act of receding," from L. recessus "a going back, retreat," from recessum, pp. of recedere "to recede" (see recede). Meaning "hidden or remote part" first recorded 1616; that of "period of stopping from usual work" is from 1620, probably from parliamentary notion of
EXPAND"recessing" into private chambers. The verb is from 1809.
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Medical Dictionary
recess re·cess (rē'sěs', rĭ-sěs')
n.
A small hollow or an indented area.
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