See Also: recreation(medicine)
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recreation noun1. LME.
[Old & mod. French recreation from Latin recreatio(n-), formed as RE- + creatio(n-) CREATION.]
Refreshment by taking food; a meal; nourishment. LME-E17.
Refreshment or comfort produced by something affecting the senses or body; mental or spiritual consolation; a comfort or consolation. LME-L15.
a. An activity or pastime pursued, esp. habitually, for the pleasure or interest it gives. LME.
J. Galsworthy Forsytes, whose chief recreation..is the discussion of each other's affairs.
b. The action or the fact of pursuing such an activity or pastime. LME.
E. Waugh As recreation I am beginning a detective story.
c. A person who or thing which provides recreation. rare. E17.
A place of refreshment or recreation. rare. LME-E17.
Comb.: recreation-ground a piece of land available to the public for games and play.
recreationist noun (a) a person who pursues a recreation; (b) a person who is concerned with the provision of facilities for recreation: E20.