recreation
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recreation¹
- /(ˌ)ɹɛkɹiˈeɪʃən/ UK
- /ˌɹɛkɹiˈeɪʃən/ Canada, US
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
Where it comes from
From Middle English recreacion, from Middle French recreacion, from Old French recreacion, from Latin recreātiō.
noun recreations
- 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 […]
recreation²
- /ɹiːkɹiˈeɪʃən/ UK
- /ɹiːkɹiˈeɪʃən/ US
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
Where it comes from
From Middle English recreacion; equivalent to re- + creation.
noun recreations · re-creation
- The process of creating something again.
- 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 […]
