- 1[transitive, intransitive] recess (something) to take or to order a recess The hearing was recessed for the weekend.
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- 2[transitive] recess something (in/into something) to put something in a position that is set back into a wall, etc. The lights should be recessed into the ceiling. recessed shelves
recess
verbNAmE//ˈrisɛs//, NAmE//rɪˈsɛs//
[often passive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they recess he / she / it recesses
past simple recessed
-ing form recessing
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