recreationrec‧re‧a‧tion /ˌrekriˈeɪʃən/ ●●○ noun [countable, uncountable] 
His only recreations are drinking beer and watching football. the provision of recreation facilities (=places or equipment for people to use to enjoy themselves)recreation ground/area/room a recreation area for children to play in► see thesaurus at fun—recreational adjective: recreational activities
WORD ORIGINrecreation
Origin:
1300-1400 French récréation, from Latin, from recreare ‘to make new, refresh’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Families use the space for recreation.
- The afternoons at the conference were left free for recreation.
- Vancouver is a city more in tune with outdoor recreation than cultural institutions.
- Hiltons also gave the lower recreation ground to the parish in exchange for land elsewhere.
- Increasingly, the use of land for recreation is a feature of the Pentland Hills.
- The Dallas Parks and Recreation Department operates a full-service recreation center 24 hours a day, for people who work odd shifts.
- The directors of finance, human resources and the parks and recreation departments would no longer need this approval.
- Then the Council needs to look at its pricing structure for recreation and other services.
- They see the outdoors as a recreation activity, not a job opportunity.
- Until now the area of freshwater recreation has been sadly neglected.
THESAURUS
noun [uncountable] especially spoken an experience or activity that is very enjoyable and exciting: · The course was fun.· Have you ever been windsurfing? It’s really good fun.· I just want to relax and have some fun.· It’ll be fun seeing all my old friends again.· Running around a freezing hockey field isn’t my idea of fun.
noun [uncountable] the feeling you get when you enjoy doing something: · I get a lot of enjoyment out of working with young children.
noun [countable] an experience or activity that makes you feel happy and satisfied: · The game was a pleasure to watch.· One of her greatest pleasures was walking in the mountains.· Ted enjoyed the simple pleasures of life: his family, his home, and his garden.
noun [countable] especially spoken a time when you enjoyed yourself: · The kids all had a great time.· I remember the good times in Japan.· Were the 1960s really such great times?
informal a very enjoyable experience – a very informal use: · The trip was a blast!
noun [uncountable] things such as performances and films which are intended to be enjoyable: · Three musicians provided the entertainment.· What do you do for entertainment around here?· They hired two dancers for entertainment.
noun [uncountable] a way of resting and enjoying yourself: · I play the piano for relaxation.· Her work left little time for relaxation.
noun [uncountable] the time when you are not working, when you can enjoy yourself – used especially in compounds: · leisure activities· the leisure industry· People have more leisure time.
noun [countable, uncountable] formal activities that you do to enjoy yourself: · recreation facilities· The park is not just a place for recreation.
Longman Language Activatorthings you do for enjoyment activities, especially physical activities and games, that you do to enjoy yourself: · The afternoons at the conference were left free for recreation.· Vancouver is a city more in tune with outdoor recreation than cultural institutions.
the time when you are not working, when you can enjoy yourself, especially by doing something relaxing: · Your standard of living depends on your income and also on the amount of leisure you have.leisure time/activity/facilities: · The reduction in average working hours has led to an increase in leisure time.· A wide range of leisure activities such as swimming, fishing, and sailing are also available.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY the provision of recreation facilities (=places or equipment for people to use to enjoy themselves) a recreation area for children to play inCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
an activity that you do for pleasure or amusement: the provision of recreation facilities (=places or equipment for people to use to enjoy themselves) a recreation area for children to play in· Physical benefits may relate directly to the health relationship with active recreation.· This has led to a marked growth in active recreation.
· What features of the city plan make it a pleasant place for outdoor recreation?· There may not be a better bargain in Indiana than outdoor recreation.· But for those who choose arduous outdoor recreations like climbing, water sports and ski-ing this is particularly so.· It is a city more in tune with outdoor recreation than cultural institutions, but it rains there.· We expect more outdoor recreation, exploring the local hills and fjords.· There is a fantastic array of outdoor recreation destinations available right now.· The ensuing conflict has been sharpened by the phenomenal growth of outdoor recreation during the last two decades.· My conclusion is that the conditions for outdoor recreation are the best I have ever seen them.
· She had to cover five areas: expedition, residential, physical recreation, service and skills.· She also studied badminton as part of physical recreation.· Thanks to its vigorous and far-seeing headmaster, it also found time for physical recreation, handiwork classes and art.
NOUN· Apart from damage caused by trampling and erosion, more widespread and long-lasting degradation can occur as a result of recreation activities.· They see the outdoors as a recreation activity, not a job opportunity.· Becker's household production approach provides an alternative model of consumer demand for sport and recreation activities.· Table 8.2 shows an interesting relationship with Table 5.3, which shows the levels of participation in various sport and recreation activities.· The main question to be answered is how to distinguish between active sport and more general leisure and recreation activities.
· Before the building of the street the local lime wood was famous as a recreation area.· San Pablo, an 850-acre reservoir and recreation area, receives nearly 400, 000 visitors per year, most who fish.· We must have White schools, White residential neighborhoods and recreation areas.· The federal Bureau of Reclamation manages the recreation area and was working with the resorts on the problems, officials said.
· Over in a corner, at the entrance to the recreation center, is a small grove of banana and ficus trees.· The recreation center is the first phase of the one-third-acre project.· At age 10, she began tagging along when her brothers would head out to the neighborhood playgrounds and recreation centers.· In 1989, the Golden Hill recreation center needed a new roof and repainting.· The team is crammed into a small, windowless conference room at the University of Southern California student recreation center.· Their forces shut dozens of schools, mosques and recreation centers in poor neighborhoods throughout the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
· Permission has been requested by the Darlington council recreation committee to build a platform on to the railway museum at Hopetown Lane.· The money was given by the council's recreation committee.· And the recreation committee yesterday agreed to replace it with a new wooden one costing £9,500.· It will meet again on 3 March to make recommendations which the recreation committee will consider on 15 March.· Members of the recreation committee on Thursday will consider giving £9,500 to replace the hut in North Park, Darlington.· In future he wants the recreation committee to have the chance to veto controversial exhibitions.
· Britain even lagged behind the United States in the provision of industrial recreation facilities.· But they also use many city services, from the Community Center to Tucson parks and recreation facilities.· Most recreation facilities like swimming pools and sports halls are under their control.· They have begun to offer their customers choices-of schools, of recreation facilities, even of police services.· They can also help to make exercise opportunities available to their elderly clients by encouraging local recreation facilities to provide special classes.· Street improvements and improvements in park and recreation facilities were widespread among the neighborhoods phased in by the second-year stage.· Is social development any more than the provision of village halls and recreation facilities?
· Police are urging people playing bowls last tuesday at Kingsthorpe recreation ground to get in touch if they have any information.· Another inmate apparently stabbed the Hispanic inmate on the recreation grounds at 12: 49 p. m. Monday.· Club attack: Glue-sniffing vandals are being blamed for attacks on the bowling pavilion in Hartlepool's Grayfields recreation ground.· Hiltons also gave the lower recreation ground to the parish in exchange for land elsewhere.· The Sun Hill recreation ground is in need of similar treatment to that of Stratton Bates.· It is the private playground of children, the recreation ground of adults, and home for wildlife.
· Sometimes this would be a church hall, sometimes a Territorial Army drill hall, occasionally even a London Transport recreation room.· Naptime was from four to five, and then he watched the evening news on television in the recreation room.· She was sitting at a table in the recreation room with her relatives round her.· The recreation room was reminiscent of the dole office.· Children and adults can enjoy the recreation room with snooker, table tennis and darts facilities as well as the croquet lawn outside.· About mid-February there was a lull in the bombing, and the recreation room could be used.· No chapel, no school, no recreation room, no pub, no social life of any kind really.· Prisoners, unable to exercise outside in sub-zero temperatures, had been allowed longer in the recreation rooms.
VERB· For conservation is part of the lifeblood of all of us who use the outdoors for recreation.· There is considerable pressure to use these waters for recreation, and they receive much disturbance.· One problem is that, apart from supplying timber, the commission's forests are used for recreation and conservation.
His only recreations are drinking beer and watching football. the provision of recreation facilities (=places or equipment for people to use to enjoy themselves)recreation ground/area/room a recreation area for children to play in► see thesaurus at fun—recreational adjective: recreational activities