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Definition of leisure noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

leisure

noun
 
 
/ˈleʒə(r)/
 
/ˈliːʒər/
[uncountable]Idioms
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  1.  
     time when you are not working or studying; free time
    • These days we have more money and more leisure to enjoy it.
    • Make the most of your leisure time!
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + leisure
    • have
    leisure + noun
    • hours
    • time
    • activities
    • …
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  2.  
     activities that you enjoy in your free time
    • These days we have increased opportunities for leisure.
    • leisure activities/pursuits
    • public parks and leisure facilities
    • the leisure industry (= the business of providing leisure activities)
    Topics Hobbiesb1
    3. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French leisir, based on Latin licere ‘be allowed’.
Idioms
at leisure
  1. with no particular activities; free
    • Spend the afternoon at leisure in the town centre.
  2. without hurrying
    • Let's have lunch so we can talk at leisure.
at your leisure
  1. (formal) when you have the time to do something without hurrying
    • I suggest you take the forms away and read them at your leisure.
a gentleman/lady of leisure
  1. (humorous) a man/woman who does not have to work
See leisure in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee leisure in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
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