recreation
recreation Lexical Profile
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• noun
Activity done for enjoyment, relaxation, or refreshment when one is not working.
"The community center offers various forms of indoor and outdoor recreation for residents of all ages."
The action or process of creating something again, or a new copy or representation of something that existed previously.
"The museum features an authentic recreation of a nineteenth-century blacksmith's workshop."
Word Nuance & Usage
When referring to the act of creating something anew, this word is often hyphenated as 're-creation' (pronounced /ˌriːkriˈeɪʃən/) to distinguish it from 'recreation' (/ˌrɛkriˈeɪʃən/) meaning leisure activity.
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English, via Old French from Latin recreatio ('recovery from illness, restoration'), from the verb recreare ('to refresh, restore, create anew'), formed from re- ('again') and creare ('to create').