recreation

B2 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ɹɛkɹiˈeɪʃən/ UK /ɹɛkɹiˈeɪʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #15880

Meanings

1

noun
Activity done for enjoyment and relaxation in your free time.

The park offers plenty of recreation, from cycling to swimming.
2

noun
The act of making or building something again.

The museum features a detailed recreation of a medieval village.

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1 noun · activity done for enjoyment... leisure diversion

Word family

Forms recreations

Derived forms recreationismrecreationist

Related forms recreate

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recreation room
a room set aside for informal games and leisure activities

Noun + noun

Simplified etymology

Recreation entered late medieval English through Old French from Latin recreare, meaning “to create again” or “renew.” This idea of renewal gave the word its association with refreshment.

Etymology

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

recreacion Middle English recreātiō Latin

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# recreation

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ɹɛkɹiˈeɪʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /ɹɛkɹiˈeɪʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 15880

## Meanings
1. Activity done for enjoyment and relaxation in your free time.
2. The act of making or building something again.

## Examples
- The park offers plenty of recreation, from cycling to swimming.
- The museum features a detailed recreation of a medieval village.

## Derived Forms
- recreationism
- recreationist

## Related Forms
- recreate

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: recreacion
- Root: recreātiō

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

## AI Etymology
Recreation comes from Middle English recreacion, from Middle French recreacion, from Old French recreacion, from Latin recreātiō. Modern senses include activity done for enjoyment and relaxation in your free time. and the act of making or building something again.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as recreationism and recreationist and related forms such as recreate.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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