different between rec vs dec

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??k/
• Homophones: recc, reck, wreck

Noun

rec (countable and uncountable, plural recs)

1. (informal) Abbreviation of recreation.

2. (countable, informal) A recreation ground.
3. (countable, informal) A recommendation or suggestion.
   • 2018, Jonathan Evison, Lawn Boy (page 48)

     “Got any recs?”
     “What are you looking for?”
     “Something angry,” I said.

Alternative forms

• (recommendation): recc

Derived terms

• rec room

Verb

rec (third-person singular simple present recs, present participle reccing or recing or rec'ing, simple past and past participle recced or reced or rec'ed or rec'd)

1. (transitive, informal) To recommend.
2. (transitive, informal) To record.

Alternative forms

• (recommend): recc

Adjective

rec (not comparable)

1. (informal) Abbreviation of recreational.

Anagrams

• CER, CRE, ERC, Erc, RCE

Catalan

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *?rik- (“furrow”). Compare Occitan rèc (whence French arrèc) and Basque erreka.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?rek/
• Homophone: reg

Noun

rec m (plural recs)

1. irrigation ditch

Derived terms

• reguer

Old English

Alternative forms

• r?ec

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *rauki, from Proto-Germanic *raukiz, whence also Old Frisian r?k, Old Saxon r?k, Old Dutch rouc, Old High German rouh, Old Norse reykr. Possibly a loan from the Old Norse instead.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re?k/

Noun

r?c m

1. smoke

Descendants

• Middle English: rek
  • English: reek
  • Scots: reek, reik

English

Adjective

dec

1. (cricket) declared

   Synonym: d

Noun

dec

1. (programming) Abbreviation of decrement.

Verb

dec

1. (knitting) Abbreviation of decrease.
   • 2011, Hannah Fettig, Closely Knit: Handmade Gifts For The Ones You Love (page 44)

     Rep neck dec EOR 4 times more, AND AT THE SAME TIME, rep armhole dec EOR 4 (4,5) times more

Anagrams

• CDE, CED, Cde, DCE, ECD, EDC

Catalan

Verb

dec

1. first-person singular present indicative form of deure

Rohingya

Alternative forms

• dhec
• ????????????????? (dec) – Hanifi Rohingya script

Etymology

From Bengali.

Noun

dec (Hanifi spelling ????????????????)

1. country

Swedish

Noun

dec

1. December; Abbreviation of december.

See also

• jan - feb - mar - apr - maj - jun - jul - aug - sep - okt - nov - dec