recess
pronunciation
How to pronounce recess in British English:
UK [rɪˈses]
How to pronounce recess in American English:
US [ˈriˌsɛs, rɪˈsɛs]
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- Noun:
- a state of abeyance or suspended business
- a small concavity
- an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
- an enclosure that is set back or indented
- a pause from doing something (as work)
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- Verb:
- put into a recess
- make a recess in
- close at the end of a session
Word Origin
- recess (n.)
- 1530s, "act of receding," from Latin recessus "a going back, retreat," from recessum, past participle of recedere "to recede" (see recede). Meaning "hidden or remote part" first recorded 1610s; that of "period of stopping from usual work" is from 1620s, probably from parliamentary notion of "recessing" into private chambers.
- recess (v.)
- 1809, from recess (n.). Related: Recessed; recessing.
Example
- 1. Parliament went into recess on may 21st .
- 2. Senate republicans blocked the legislation before lawmakers left for their summer recess .
- 3. Systemic risk is due to be considered separately after the summer recess .
- 4. With congress in recess and the mid-term elections looming , probably very little .
- 5. They acknowledged that parts of their opinion conflicted with previous rulings on recess appointments .