recess

English

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Etymology

From Latin Recessus.

Pronunciation

• (US, UK) IPA: /ˈriː.sɛs/, /rɪ.ˈsɛs/

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Noun

recess (plural recesses)

1. (countable or uncountable) A break, pause or vacation.

   Spring recess offers a good chance to travel.

2. An inset, hole, space or opening.

   Put a generous recess behind the handle for finger space.

3. (US) A time of play, usually, on a playground.

   Students who do not listen in class will not play outside during recess.

Synonyms

• (a break): break, day off, pause, vacation

Derived terms

• recession
• recessive

Translations

a break, pause or vacation

Finnish: tauko (not vacation) French: vacances (fr) f. pl. German: Ferien (de) pl., Unterbrechung (de) f., Pause (de) f. Hungarian: szünidő (hu) Japanese: 休暇 (ja) (kyūka), 休業 (ja) (kyūgyō)

Korean: 휴식 (a break) 휴가 (vacation) Romanian: vacanță (ro) f. Russian: перерыв (ru) (pererýv) m., каникулы (ru) (kaníkuly) pl. Swedish: paus (sv) c., rast (sv) c. Turkish: tatil (tr), mola (tr), paydos (tr), ara (tr), teneffüs (tr)

an inset, hole, space or opening

Finnish: syvennys (fi) German: Vertiefung (de) f., Winkel (de) m., Aushöhlung (de) f., (construction) Nische (de) Hungarian: mélyedés (hu), zug (hu) Japanese: あそび (ja) (asobi), ゆとり (ja) (yutori)

Russian: углубление (ru) (uglublénie) n. Swedish: utrymme (sv) n., spel (sv) n., mån (sv) c. Turkish: girik (tr), oyuk (tr), çukur (tr), yuva (tr), girinti (tr), boşluk (tr), (construction) niş (tr)

a time of play

Finnish: välitunti (fi) French: récréation (fr) f., récré (fr) f., pause (fr) f. Hungarian: szünet (hu) Japanese: 休み時間 (ja) (yasumi jikan), 休憩時間 (ja) (kyūkē jikan)

Romanian: pauză (ro) Russian: перемена (ru) (pereména) f. Swedish: rast (sv) c.

Verb

recess (third-person singular simple present recesses, present participle recessing, simple past and past participle recessed)

1. To inset into something, or to recede.

   Wow, look at how that gargoyle recesses into the rest of architecture.

   Recess the screw so it does not stick out.

2. (intransitive) To take or declare a break.

   This court shall recess for its normal two hour lunch now.

   Class will recess for 20 minutes.

Translations

recede

Japanese: あそびをとる (ja) (asobi wo toru)

Russian: углублять (uglublját’)

declare a break

Finnish: pitää tauko Japanese: 休憩をとる (ja) (kyūkē wo toru)

Russian: делать углубление (délat’ uglublénie)

Adjective

recess

1. (obsolete, rare) Remote, distant (in time or place).

   Thomas Salusbury: Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems: I should think it best in the subsequent discourses to begin to examine whether the Earth be esteemed immoveable, as it hath been till now believed by most men, or else moveable, as some ancient Philosophers held, and others of not very recesse times were of opinion;

Anagrams

• screes

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Swedish

Noun

recess c.

1. a decision, an agreement, a return (to previous conditions)
2. a recess, a niche

Declension

Declension of recess

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	recess	recessen	recesser	recesserna
genitive	recess	recessens	recessers	recessernas

Synonyms

• återgång

References

• recess in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)