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# recreation

noun (recreation, recreations)

«recreation» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Things people do for fun and relaxation in their free time, like sport, games and hobbies. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recreation/#m1)
2. (pronounced re-create-ion, often with a hyphen: re-creation) Making something again, or a copy of something old: a re-creation of a Viking village. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recreation/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life there are recreation grounds («the rec»), recreation centres and recreation time at school (break time). In health lessons recreation keeps body and mind well. In maths a problem may give hours spent on recreation per day. Phrases: «recreation ground», «recreation centre», «for recreation», «outdoor recreation».

### Examples

- We play football at the recreation ground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recreation/#x1)
- Swimming is my favourite recreation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recreation/#x2)
- The new recreation centre has a climbing wall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recreation/#x3)
- Kids need time for recreation after school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recreation/#x4)
- (UK informal) Meet us at the rec after lunch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recreation/#x5)
- If she spends 2 hours a day on recreation, how many hours is that in a week? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recreation/#x6)
- The museum built a re-creation of a castle kitchen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recreation/#x7)

### Note

Mostly uncountable. Short informal form: «rec» (UK, US). Adjective: recreational. The «re-creation» sense is pronounced differently (REE-cree-AY-shun) and often hyphenated.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «recreation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recreation/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«recreation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/recreation.html) on Mova free.