Pronounced /rekrieɪʃ(ə)n/ for meaning 1. Pronounced /ri:krieɪʃ(ə)n/ and hyphenated re‧crea‧tion for meaning 2.
1.
Recreation consists of things that you do in your spare time to relax.
Saturday afternoon is for recreation and outings...
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2.
A recreation of something is the process of making it exist or seem to exist again in a different time or place.
They are seeking to build a faithful recreation of the original Elizabethan theatre.
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