recreation B2 Topic:Time 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. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · activity done for enjoyment... leisurediversion Word family Forms recreations Derived forms recreationismrecreationist Related forms recreate Common collocations recreation room Noun + noun Etymology AI details From Middle English recreacion, from Middle French recreacion, from Old French recreacion, from Latin recreātiō. recreacion Middle English recreātiō Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Time External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 - Time markdown