recreation en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- rĕ-krē-āʹshən (Canada, General-American)
- rĕ-krē-āʹshən (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /(ˌ)ɹɛkɹiˈeɪʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌɹɛkɹiˈeɪʃən/ (Canada, General-American)
Etymology
From Middle English recreacion, from Middle French recreacion, from Old French recreacion, from Latin recreātiō.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Any activity, such as play, that amuses, diverts or stimulates.
The ordinary recreations which we have in winter, and in most solitary times busy our minds with, are cards, tables and dice, shovelboard, chess-play, the philosopher's game, small trunks, shuttlecock […]
1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 2, member 4:Mercury contents did not affect recreation persay but definitely could if found in fish tissue at high levels.
1972, Peter Chan, Water quality and recreational value analysis on Lake Dubay:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| recreations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
recreation facility · recreation centre · recreation center · recreation ground · recreational · recreation room · R&R · recreation hall · wreckreation
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Synonyms
Translations (59)
pt recreação (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · sk rekreácia (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · nl ontspanning (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · grc ἄνεσις (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · nl recreatie (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · pl rekreacja (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · da rekreation (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · fi virkistys (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · tl mulinsigla (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · gd cleasachd (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · sl razvedrilo (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · cmn 遊藝 /游艺 (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · la āvocāmentum (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · vi sự tiêu khiển (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · mi mahi rēhia (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · it ricreazione (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · pl wypoczynek (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · sh рекреација (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · es recreación (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · ru о́тдых (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · fi vapaa-ajan toiminta (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · de Unterhaltung (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · tr rekreasyon (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · sh rekreacija (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · ro recreație (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · io distrakto (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · bg развлечение (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · id rekreasi (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · tr dinlence (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · bg забавление (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · uk відпочи́нок (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · he פנאי (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · sq rekreacion (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · ar اِسْتِجْمَام (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · be адпачы́нак (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · fr récréation (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · ka განტვირთვა (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · nl recreaasje (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · ro recreare (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · hu szabadidő (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · ja 娯楽 (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · de Erholung (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · el αναψυχή (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · cs rekreace (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · el ψυχαγωγία (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · no rekreasjon (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · he נופש (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · cmn 娛樂 /娱乐 (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · ru развлече́ние (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · lv atpūta (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · fa تفریح (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · sv rekreation (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · mi mahi a te rēhia (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · ka რეკრეაცია (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · sv förströelse (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · ka დასვენება (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · ms rekreasi (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · ko 오락 (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates) · tl rekreasyón (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates)