recreation
refreshment by means of some pastime, agreeable exercise, or the like.
a pastime, diversion, exercise, or other resource affording relaxation and enjoyment.
Origin of recreation
1Other words from recreation
- rec·re·a·to·ry [rek-ree-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], /ˈrɛk ri əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjective
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How to use recreation in a sentence
As the pandemic has limited other kinds of recreation, more people have turned to camping.
Together we created a user-populated map of the campus places that felt important, whether living communities, academic spaces, or recreation facilities.
We have set up a lot of temperature checks at recreation spots in the countryside.
How Mongolia has kept the coronavirus at bay | Tate Ryan-Mosley | August 18, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewGroup recreation programs were cancelled, or at least postponed indefinitely.
The 235 consolidated polling places, known as “superpolls,” will include big spaces like school gymnasiums and recreation centers.
Politics Report: What Comes Next for Sports Arena | Scott Lewis and Andrew Keatts | July 11, 2020 | Voice of San Diego
As anybody who has seen his now famous rant on Parks and recreation knows, Patton Oswalt can get a little obsessed.
Patton Oswalt on Fighting Conservatives With Satire | William O’Connor | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTSo there is nothing wrong with using the charms of, say, Parks and recreation, to create some solid bonding time.
For Nick Offerman, of Parks and recreation, the one is a thing: whiskey.
Swimming Owls, Jane Krakowski’s Peter Pan Live! Audition, and More Viral Videos | The Daily Beast Video | December 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBrute is the story of Mac and Jesse, two disenfranchised teens who turn to robbing houses as a form of recreation and quick cash.
Nitehawk Shorts Festival: ‘Brute,’ a Twisted Take on Playing in the Dark | Julia Grinberg | November 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST[Laughs] He thought it was some retro-recreation or something.
David Cronenberg: Why Frustrated Novelists Hate the Screenplay | Craig Hubert | October 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFor these plays were not the work of a professional writer, but the recreation of a (temporary) professional soldier.
First Plays | A. A. MilneThe cheerful hours of easy labor vary but do not destroy the pursuit of pleasure and of recreation.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockFishing was his chief recreation and this often brought him to the lakes and rivers of Ireland.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowOn the plantation or at the race, the Kentuckian is ever in his best mood for recreation and enjoyment.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.Once, during the recreation hour, he was turning over the pages of his atlas.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste Tchaikovsky
British Dictionary definitions for recreation (1 of 2)
/ (ˌrɛkrɪˈeɪʃən) /
refreshment of health or spirits by relaxation and enjoyment
an activity or pastime that promotes this
an interval of free time between school lessons
(as modifier): recreation period
British Dictionary definitions for re-creation (2 of 2)
the state or instance of creating again or anew: the re-creation of the Russian Empire
a simulation or re-enactment of a scene, place, time, etc: a re-creation of a vineyard kitchen
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