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recess
English
Etymology
From Latin recessus.
Pronunciation
- (US, UK) IPA(key): /??i?.s?s/, /??.?s?s/
Noun
recess (countable and uncountable, plural recesses)
- (countable or uncountable) A break, pause or vacation.
- An inset, hole, space or opening.
- a bed […] which stood in a deep recess
- (US, Australia, Canada) A time of play during the school day, usually on a playground; (Britain) break, playtime.
- Students who do not listen in class will not play outside during recess.
- A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Brande & C to this entry?)
- (archaic) A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat.
- every degree of ignorance being so far a recess and degradation from rationality
- 1649, Charles I of England, Eikon Basilike
- My recess hath given them confidence that I may be conquered.
- (archaic) The state of being withdrawn; seclusion; privacy.
- 1713, Matthew Hale, The History of the Common Law of England
- In this recess of the jury, they are to consider their evidence
- 1695, John Dryden (translator), Observations on the Art of Painting by Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy
- Good verse recess and solitude requires.
- 1713, Matthew Hale, The History of the Common Law of England
- (archaic) A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion.
- A secret or abstruse part.
- the difficulties and recesses of science
- light what has been lodged in all the recesses and secret chambers of the soul
- (botany, zoology) A sinus.
Synonyms
- (a break): break, day off, pause, vacation; hiatus, moratorium; see also Thesaurus:vacation or Thesaurus:pause
Derived terms
- recess appointment
- recession
- recessive
Translations
Verb
recess (third-person singular simple present recesses, present participle recessing, simple past and past participle recessed)
- To inset into something, or to recede.
- (intransitive) To take or declare a break.
- (transitive, informal) To appoint, with a recess appointment.
- 2013, Michael Grunwald, "Cliff Dweller", in Time, ISSN 0040-781X, volume 181, number 1, 2013 January 14, page 27:
- To the National Rifle Association's delight, the Senate has hobbled the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives by failing to confirm a director since 2006, but Obama hasn't made a recess appointment. […] "The President's view of his own power is a constrained one," says White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler. "Many of his nominees have languished, but he's only recessed the ones that were critical to keep agencies functioning."
- 2013, Michael Grunwald, "Cliff Dweller", in Time, ISSN 0040-781X, volume 181, number 1, 2013 January 14, page 27:
- To make a recess in.
Translations
Adjective
recess
- (obsolete, rare) Remote, distant (in time or place).
Anagrams
- cesser, screes
Swedish
Noun
recess c
- a decision, an agreement, a return (to previous conditions)
- a recess, a niche
Declension
Synonyms
- återgång
References
- recess in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
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intermission
English
Etymology
From Latin intermissi?, from intermitt?.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?nt??m???n/
- Rhymes: -???n
Noun
intermission (plural intermissions)
- A break between two performances or sessions, such as at a concert, play, seminar, or religious assembly.
Derived terms
- intermissionless
Related terms
- intermit
- intermittent
Translations
Anagrams
- misinsertion, nitrosimines
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