recreation
nounnounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//(ˌ)ɹɛkɹiˈeɪʃən//
- United Kingdom//ɹiːkɹiˈeɪʃən//
- United States//ɹiːkɹiˈeɪʃən//
- Canada//ˌɹɛkɹiˈeɪʃən//
Any activity, such as play, that amuses, diverts or stimulates.
noun
- 1
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 […]
Mercury contents did not affect recreation persay but definitely could if found in fish tissue at high levels.
Etymology
From Middle English recreacion, from Middle French recreacion, from Old French recreacion, from Latin recreātiō.
noun
- 1
The process of creating something again.
- 2
The result of this process.
Such abundance must be laid out on superfluous recreations, buildings, ornaments, furniture, equipage, attendants, entertainments, visitations, braveries, and a world of need-nots […]
Etymology
From Middle English recreacion; equivalent to re- + creation.
Forms
- plural
- recreations
recreation · Any activity, such as play, that amuses, diverts or stimulates.
recruit · A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement.recruiting · The process by which a person is recruited; recruitment.recycle · To break down and reuse component materials.