recess
noun/ˈriːses/, /rɪˈses/
/ˈriːses/, /rɪˈses/
- [countable, uncountable] a period of time during the year when the members of a parliament, committee, etc. do not meet
- Parliament went into its long summer recess.
- in recess The court is in recess until October.
Extra ExamplesTopics Politicsc2- Congress returns from its August recess Tuesday.
- Parliament is due to rise for the summer recess on July 20.
- Parliament is taking the Christmas recess a little early this year.
- The Senate will go into recess after Thanksgiving.
- The bill has to be passed before the holiday recess.
- The decision cannot be made while the council is in recess.
- Congress has reconvened from its recess.
- It is expected to become law before the summer recess.
- The peace talks resumed after a month-long recess.
- The report was published while Congress was in recess.
- Tomorrow MPs break for the Christmas recess.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- August
- Christmas
- Easter
- …
- go into
- rise for
- stand in
- …
- in recess
- [countable] a short break in a trial in court
- The judge called a short recess.
Extra ExamplesTopics Law and justicec2- The Florida court stands in recess.
- The court will take a brief recess while the witness composes herself.
- One or two unofficial meetings were held during the recess.
- (North American English) (British English break, break time)[uncountable] a period of time between lessons at school
- He wouldn't play with me at recess.
- I believe kids need more recess time.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- lunch
- spend
- have
- bell
- time
- at recess
- [countable] a part of a wall that is set further back than the rest of the wall, forming a space synonym alcove
- a recess for books
Extra Examples- There are small recesses in the wall beside the door.
- blinds fitted inside a window recess
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- shallow
- small
- …
- create
- in recess
- inside recess
- recess in
- …
- [countable, usually plural] the part of a place that is furthest from the light and hard to see or get to
- He stared into the dark recesses of the room.
- (figurative) The doubt was still there, in the deep recesses of her mind.
Extra Examples- The statue was in the inner recesses of the temple.
- fears lurking deep in the recesses of our minds
- I had continually pushed my doubts to the darker recesses of my mind.
- He searched the innermost recesses of his soul.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dark
- deep
- dim
- …
- hide in
- lurk in
- push something into
- …
- in the recess of
- within the recess of
- the recesses of your brain, heart, soul, etc.
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘withdrawal, departure’): from Latin recessus, from recedere ‘go back’, from re- ‘back’ + cedere ‘go’. The verb dates from the early 19th cent.
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