recreation

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

• (UK) enPR: rĕ-krē-āʹshən, IPA^(key): /ɹɛkɹiˈeɪʃən/

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• (US) enPR: rĕ-krē-āʹshən, IPA^(key): /ɹɛkɹiˈeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

recreation (countable and uncountable, plural recreations)

1. Any activity, such as play, that amuses, diverts or stimulates.

• leisure

• recreate

From Middle English recreacion; equivalent to re- +‎ creation.

• re-creation

• (UK) enPR: rē-krē-āʹshən, IPA^(key): /ɹiːkɹiˈeɪʃən/

  • Audio (Southern England)

    (file)

• (US) enPR: rē-krē-āʹshən, IPA^(key): /ɹiːkɹiˈeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

recreation (plural recreations)

1. The process of creating something again.
2. The result of this process.

The hyphenated form re-creation avoids confusion with the more common other sense.

• recreate