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re·cess
(rē′sĕs′, rĭ-sĕs′)n.
1.
a. A temporary cessation of the customary activities of an engagement, occupation, or pursuit: The chairman of the committee called for a recess until Thursday. See Synonyms at pause.
b. A period in the school day during which students are given time to play or relax.
2. often recesses A remote, secret, or secluded place: a bird that lives deep in the recesses of the forest.
3.
a. An indentation or small hollow: Dirt accumulated in the recesses of the statue.
b. An alcove.
v. re·cessed, re·cess·ing, re·cess·es
v.tr.
1. To place in a recess.
2. To create or fashion a recess in: recessed a portion of the wall.
3. To suspend for a recess: The committee chair recessed the hearings.
v.intr.
To take a recess: The investigators recessed for lunch.
[Latin recessus, retreat, from past participle of recēdere, to recede; see recede1.]
recess
n
1. a space, such as a niche or alcove, set back or indented
2. (often plural) a secluded or secret place: recesses of the mind.
3. a cessation of business, such as the closure of Parliament during a vacation
4. (Anatomy) anatomy a small cavity or depression in a bodily organ, part, or structure
5. (Education) US and Canadian a break between classes at a school
vb (tr)
6. to place or set (something) in a recess
7. (Building) to build a recess or recesses in (a wall, building, etc)
[C16: from Latin recessus a retreat, from recēdere to recede]
re•cess
(rɪˈsɛs, ˈri sɛs)n.
1. a temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity; break.
2. a period of such withdrawal: a five-minute recess.
3. a receding part or space, as an alcove in a room.
4. an indentation, as in a coastline or a hill.
5. recesses, a secluded or inner area or part: in the recesses of the palace.
v.t. 6. to place or set in a recess.
7. to set or form as or like a recess: to recess a wall.
8. to suspend or defer for a recess: to recess the Senate.
v.i. 9. to take a recess.
[1510–20; < Latin recessus a withdrawal, receding part =recēd(ere) to recede1 + -tus suffix of v. action]
recess
Past participle: recessed
Gerund: recessing
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A period during the school day when there are no classes.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() abeyance, suspension - temporary cessation or suspension |
2. | recess - a small concavity pharyngeal recess - a small recess in the wall of the pharynx | |
3. | ![]() body of water, water - the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge" cove - a small inlet lake - a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land loch - a long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked) sea - a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land | |
4. | recess - an enclosure that is set back or indented apse, apsis - a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar cinerarium, columbarium - a niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead enclosure - a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose fireplace, hearth, open fireplace - an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built; "the fireplace was so large you could walk inside it"; "he laid a fire in the hearth and lit it"; "the hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires" mihrab - (Islam) a niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the direction of Mecca | |
5. | ![]() pause - temporary inactivity spring break - a week or more of recess during the spring term at school | |
Verb | 1. | recess - put into a recess; "recess lights" |
2. | recess - make a recess in; "recess the piece of wood" indent - notch the edge of or make jagged | |
3. | ![]() end, cease, terminate, finish, stop - have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo" |
recess
noun
1. break, rest, holiday, closure, interval, vacation, respite, intermission, cessation of business Parliament returns to work today after its summer recess.
2. alcove, corner, bay, depression, hollow, niche, cavity, nook, oriel, indentation a discreet recess next to a fireplace
plural noun
verb
1. adjourn, break, stop, take a break, take a recess, suspend proceedings The hearings have now recessed for dinner.
recess
nounverb
To interrupt regular activity for a short period:
Idioms: take a break, take a breather, take five.
Translations
عُطْلَة البَرْلَمانفُرْصَة بين دَرْسَيْنكُوَّه
alkovnamezidobípřestávkavýklenek
alkoveferiefrikvarterindhakpause
välitunti
szünetszünidőzugmélyedés
frímínúturòinghléskot
あそびあそびをとるゆとり休み時間休憩をとる
alkova
brīvdienasbrīvlaikskluss stūrītisnišapārtraukums
alkovňa
odmor
recess
[rɪˈses]A. N
1. (Jur, Pol) (= cessation of business) → clausura f (US) (Jur) (= short break) → descanso m (esp US) (Scol) → recreo m
parliament is in recess → la sesión del parlamento está suspendida
parliament is in recess → la sesión del parlamento está suspendida
B. VI (US) (Jur, Parl) → prorrogarse, suspenderse la sesión
recess
n
(= alcove) → Nische f
recess
[rɪˈsɛs] na. (Law, Parliament) (cessation of business) → ferie fpl, vacanza (Am) (Law) (short break) → sospensione f (Scol) (esp Am) → intervallo
recess
(riˈses) , (ˈriːses) noun1. a part of a room set back from the main part; an alcove. We can put the dining-table in that recess.
2. the time during which Parliament or the law-courts do not work. Parliament is in recess.
3. (American) a short period of free time between school classes.
re·cess
n. suspensión; cavidad, espacio vacío.