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2 [C] (BrE) a particular activity that sb does when they are not working   $fXJcH33 hobby, pastime:

His recreations include golf, football and shooting, jfe (ft mumPl4®o o note at

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recreational /rekri'eijanl/ adj. connected with activities that people do for enjoyment when they are not working ^ A (ft ;       14 (ft : recreational activities/

facilities j/ i&fiS 0 These areas are set aside for

public recreational use.

recreational vehicle noun (NAmE) (abbr. RV) = camper(2)

recre ation ground noun (BrE) an area of land used by the public for sports and games recre ation room (also NAmE informal rec room) noun 1 a room in a school, a hospital, an office building, etc. in which people can relax, play games, etc. ( f R,"EK.      )«5fc£, fctjjg.

2 (NAmE) a room in a private house used for games, entertainment, etc. ( fAA'Efc^M#) ) re crim in ation /ri.krimi'neijn/ noun [C, usually pi., U] an angry statement that sb makes accusing sb else of sth, especially in response to a similar statement from

themjtm; Ezift; bitter recriminations

0 We spent the rest of the evening in mutual recrimin­ation. iMTJ&Ste*-► recrim in atory /ri'kriminatri; NAmE -to:ri/ adj. rec room /'rek ru:m; NAmE rum/ noun {NAmE, informal)

= RECREATION ROOM

re-cru-desce /,ri:kru:'des/ verb [V] (formal) to happen again # % £ ; % % EEE3 recur ► recrudescence /,ri:kru:'desns/ noun [U] re-cru-des-cent /,ri:kru:'desnt/ adj.

re cruit /ri'kruit/ verb, noun

m verb 1 to find new people to join a company, an organ­ization, the armed forces, etc. «Ri[fc (   ) ; fiEI?

(. |ff A ) : [VN] The police are trying to recruit more officers from ethnic minorities.       AAAffcK

j^AiEl^lL^fftfrWwo 0 They recruited several new members to the club. M1MT Jl£fr$MiaA(RA^o 0 [V] He’s responsible for recruiting at all levels. $.$E^Xfp0 [also VN to inf] 2 [VN to inf] to persuade sb to do sth, especially to help you zjfj jn ••• (     ) :

We were recruited to help peel the vegetables. j&\\~

o 3 [VN] to form a new army, team, etc. by persuading new people to join it ( ) ISJ&,

fe|t: to recruit a task force i► recruiter noun re-cruit-ment noun [U]: the recruitment of new members o a recruitment drive

■ noun 1 a person who has recently joined the armed forces or the police iff A; §rWM: the training of new recruits if A till ^ 0 He spoke of us scornfully as raw recruits (= people without training or experience), ftfe & M &Ife fi M if MM M o 2 a person who joins an organization, a company, etc. if $ M : attempts to attract new recruits to the nursing profession 0$ 410r fiAro

rec tal /'rektal/ adj. (anatomy $?) relating to the rectum

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rectangle /'rektasrjgl/ noun a flat shape with four straight sides, two of which are longer than the other two, and four angles of 90°   fcB — picture o

parallelogram ► rect angu lar /rek'taer)gjal0(r)/ adj. rect-ify /'rektifai/ verb (rec ti fies, rec-ti-fy-ing, rec-ti-fied, rec ti fied) [VN] (formal) to put right sth that is wrong ffi- IE; IE; 5itJE SCI correct: to rectify a fault c&IE 0 We must take steps to rectify the situation. $£{(] ' ► rectifiable /.rekti'faiabl/ adj.: The damage will be easily rectifiable.

rec-ti-fi-ca-tion /.rektrfi'keijn/ noun [U] rec-ti-lin-ear /,rektTlmia(r)/ adj. (technical AiKj 1 in a straight fine ]§;^(ft; ^jKft: rectilinear motion li^fs ifo 2 having straight lines WllL (ft: rectilinear forms

rec-ti-tude /'rektitjuid; NAmE -tu:d/ noun [u] (formal) the quality of thinking or behaving in a correct and honest way 2ME; JEM;        HE1 uprightness

recto /'rektau; NAmE -tou/ noun (pi -os) (technical A iK) the page on the right side of an open book ( ^^(ft# M ) £ M EQ3 verso

rector /'rekta(r)/ noun 1 an Anglican priest who is in charge of a particular area (called a parish). In the past a rector received an income directly from this area. (       ) IStK&W, A —compare vicar

2 (in Britain) the head of certain universities, colleges or schools (        #69 )

rectory /'rektari/ noun (pi. -ies) noun a house where the rector of a church lives, or lived in the past ^K±t#A

rec tum /'rektam/ noun (pi rec-tums or recta /'rekta/) (anatomy ftf) the end section of the tube where food waste collects before leaving the body through the anus MM — picture o body re-cum-bent /ri'kAmbant/ adj. [usually before noun] (formal) (of a person’s body or position A(ft#lfc^tl!?i&) lying down       IH23 reclining

re cu perate /ri'kuipareit/ verb (formal) 1 [V] ~ (from sth) to get back your health, strength or energy after being ill/sick, tired, injured, etc.

HT1 recover : He’s still recuperating from his oper­ation.        xfcfEW.'S.o 2 [VN] to get back money

that you have spent or lost itfc® ; M®(©A) SCI recoup, recover: He hoped to recuperate at least some of his losses.  ► re-cu-per-

ation /ri.kurpa'reijn/ noun [U]: It was a period of rest and recuperation. gpil^IAA#(ftH4|H]. re-cu-pera-tive /ri'kurparativ/ adj. (formal) helping you to get better after you have been ill/sick, very tired, etc. 4rSfrA#cS(ft

recur /ri'k3:(r)/ verb (-rr-) [v] to happen again or a number of times        EzMtEM: This theme recurs

several times throughout the book. & — ± H q|S 45 S &      7 £iF Jl <> 0 a recurring illness/problem/

nightmare, etc.  —

re-cur-rence /ri'kArans; NAmE -']t3'x-/ noun [C, usually sing., U] if there is a recurrence of sth, it happens again M M ; M A : attempts to prevent a recurrence of the problem

re-current /ri'kArant; NAmE -'k3:r-/ adj. that happens again and again       recurrent

infections  0 Poverty is a recurrent theme in her

novels.

re.curring 'decimal noun (mathematics a decimal fraction in which the same figure or group of figures is repeated for ever, for example 3.999 ... (1 IfA fA The recurring decimal 3.999 ...is also described as 3.9 recurring. ItSpMfc 3.999...       3.9 W0

recursion /ri'k3:Jn; NAmE -'k3:rjn/ noun [U] (math­ematics WO the process of repeating a function, each time applying it to the result of the previous stage

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re-cursive /ri'k3:siv; NAmE -‘k3:rs-/ adj. (technical A in) involving a process that is applied repeatedly Hfi W;

re cus ant /'rekjuzant; NAmE ra'kjuizant/ noun (formal) a person who refuses to do what a rule or person in authority says they should do A HR A &4 A ; !$. trC # ► re-cus-ancy /'rekjuzansi/ noun [U] re cyc lable /.rii'saiklabl/ adj. able to be recycled of

re-cycle /.rii'saikl/ verb [VN] 1 to treat things that have already been used so that they can be used again ® ifc %ij ff} ; # 4'J W\ : Denmark recycles nearly 85% of its paper.        85%0 o recycled paper

M 2 to use the same ideas, methods, jokes, etc. again

) : He

recycled all his old jokes.  —

► re-cyc-ling noun [Uj: the recycling of glass ^^64 ® WJffi o a recycling plant JtiPn ® ikiP AP