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recreation

UK/(ˌ)ɹɛkɹiˈeɪʃən/US/ˌɹɛkɹiˈeɪʃən/
nounB2Common in everyday speech and writing · #6,195 of 15,258mostly written

Other forms: recreations

Recreation is activity done for pleasure and refreshment. Rest and recreation, a recreation ground, recreational sport.

The word says what it is for, since recreation is re-creating somebody after work. A recreation ground is the British term for a public field with goalposts and swings on it.

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Definitions of recreation

  1. 1nounrecreationActivity done for pleasure and refreshment.B2

    “The park is used for recreation, with paths for walking and fields for football.”

recreation is an activity.

Where it comes from

Latin recreatio means a restoring, from recreare, to create again.

  1. Latin

    recreātiō

  2. Old French

    recreacion

  3. Middle French

    recreacion

  4. Middle English

    recreacion

  5. English, today

    recreation

From Middle English recreacion, from Middle French recreacion, from Old French recreacion, from Latin recreātiō.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

recreation in the wild

  • The "need to do something for recreation" is an essential element of human biology and psychology.

    Recreation

  • A park is an area of natural, semi-natural or planted space set aside for human enjoyment and recreation or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats.

    Park

  • Urban parks are green spaces set aside for recreation inside towns and cities.

    Park

  • Camping is a form of outdoor recreation or outdoor education involving overnight stays with a basic temporary shelter such as a tent.

    Camping

  • Lake Mead National Recreation Area is a U.S. national recreation area in Southeastern Nevada and Northwestern Arizona.

    Lake Mead National Recreation Area

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

Related words

the recreātiō family

recreation

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