Recreation Meaning
/(ˌ)ɹɛkɹiˈeɪʃən/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAny activity, such as play, that amuses, diverts or stimulates.
nounThe process of creating something again.
Sentence Examples
The master plan includes programs to provide employment as well as recreation.
Every now and then, I play tennis for recreation.
There are excellent facilities for sport and recreation.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
For his mental health, the doctor recommended he spend more time on ____ away from work.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The park provided space for ____ including cycling, picnicking, and outdoor sports.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English recreacion, from Middle French recreacion, from Old French recreacion, from Latin recreātiō.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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:
"Such abundance must be laid out on superfluous recreations, buildings, ornaments, furniture, equipage, attendants, entertainments, visitations, braveries, and a world of need-nots […]"
— 2007, Baxter's Practical Works, Volume 1: A Sum of Practical Theology, and Cases ...:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
For his mental health, the doctor recommended he spend more time on ____ away from work.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The park provided space for ____ including cycling, picnicking, and outdoor sports.