recreation
- refreshment by means of some pastime, agreeable exercise, or the like.
- a pastime, diversion, exercise, or other resource affording relaxation and enjoyment.
Origin of recreation
re-creation
- the act of creating anew.
- something created anew.
Origin of re-creation
Related Words
pleasureenjoymentdiversionrelaxationfunhobbyamusementpicnicreposeavocationpastimeplaytimesportexerciseentertainmenteasevacationrefreshmentholidayhilarityExamples from the Web for recreation
Contemporary Examples
As anybody who has seen his now famous rant on Parks and Recreation knows, Patton Oswalt can get a little obsessed.
So there is nothing wrong with using the charms of, say, Parks and Recreation, to create some solid bonding time.
For Nick Offerman, of Parks and Recreation, the one is a thing: whiskey.
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Brute is the story of Mac and Jesse, two disenfranchised teens who turn to robbing houses as a form of recreation and quick cash.
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But it does seem borderline egregious that Amy Poehler has yet to win an Emmy for Parks and Recreation.
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Historical Examples
Hubert, quite excited by this day of recreation and of fete, was the only one who had anything to say.
The DreamEmile Zola
Always work had stolen from him these treasures—dreams, recreation and knowledge.
DustMr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
We then went to the chapel, where a short Mass was celebrated, after which we had an hour's recreation.
My Double LifeSarah Bernhardt
Greenwich was the place fixed on for the dinner, and we prepared for the day of recreation.
Beaux and Belles of EnglandMary Robinson
Recreation: Filling his fountain pen or cleaning typewriter.
Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to DateAnonymous
recreation
- refreshment of health or spirits by relaxation and enjoyment
- an activity or pastime that promotes this
- an interval of free time between school lessons
- (as modifier)recreation period
re-creation
- the state or instance of creating again or anewthe re-creation of the Russian Empire
- a simulation or re-enactment of a scene, place, time, etca re-creation of a vineyard kitchen
Word Origin and History for recreation
n.
late 14c., "refreshment or curing of a person, refreshment by eating," from Old French recreacion (13c.), from Latin recreationem (nominative recreatio) "recovery from illness," noun of action from past participle stem of recreare "to refresh, restore, make anew, revive, invigorate," from re- "again" (see re-) + creare (see create). Meaning "refresh oneself by some amusement" is first recorded c.1400.
A verb recreate "to refresh by physical influence after exertion" is attested from early 15c. and was used by Lyly, Pope, Steele, and Harriet Martineau, but it did not take, probably to avoid confusion with recreate.