Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
Definition: RECREATION |
RECREATIONNoun1. The act of recreating, or the state of being recreated; refreshment of the strength and spirits after toil; amusement; diversion; sport; pastime. |
Date "RECREATION" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Satire | RECREATION, n. A particular kind of dejection to relieve a general fatigue. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The weekend is typically a time for recreation, perhaps (in Judeo-Christian and Muslim cultures) because the Sabbath falls on the weekend and the Sabbath is "the day of rest." Holidays are also a common time for recreation.
Traditionally music and dance serve as recreation in many cultures, as do sports, hobbies, games and tourism. Watching TV and listening to music are common forms of recreation, or rather leisure.
Many activities may be functional and/or recreational:
See also: List of game topics, List of hobbies.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Recreation."
Synonyms: RECREATIONSynonyms: Amusement, Diversion, Entertainment. (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Amusement | Noun: amusement, entertainment, recreation, fun, game, fun and games; diversion, divertissement; reaction, solace; pastime, passetemps, sport; labor of love; pleasure. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | And to pay for it, I'll give up the Civil War Recreation Society I love so much. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) Well, us civilians need more rest and recreation than you Old Salts. (In Harm's Way; writing credit: James Bassett; Wendell Mayes) I am here on official business and I am looking for someone in the recreation area. (A Shot in the Dark; writing credit: Marcel Achard; William Peter Blatty) Of course we run. But for recreation. For fun. (Back to the Future Part III; writing credit: Robert Zemeckis; Bob Gale) | |
Clever | If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf. (references; author: Bob Hope) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Brookfield Recreation Center (1964) Recreation (1956) The Recreation of an Heiress (1910) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title | ||
References |
| ||
Books |
| ||
Periodicals |
| ||
Music |
| ||
High Tech |
| ||
Consumer Goods | |||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Boy diving into swimming pool. Exercise, recreation.Credit: CDC. |  | Hart-Miller Island, once two islands that nearly eroded into extinction, are now one. They are being regenerated and enlarged with dredge spoils from Baltimore Harbor. Recreation area on what is left of the original Miller's Island is popular with Baltimore area boaters.Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Team members from F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo., race up the steps of the Fayetteville, W.Va., court house during the end of the 5.5-mile run, the last event in a four-event competition sponsored by Navy Morale, Welfare and Recreation dubbed Wilderness. |  | NRCS District Conservationist Mark Schutt (right) discuss recreation plans for Butler County, Iowa WRP site.Credit: Lynn Betts. |
 | Water rushes through a spillway of a large dam in Missouri. The dam generates electricity and helps control flooding. The man-made reservoir also provides water-related recreation.Credit: Norm Klopfenstein. |  | Forest Service Recreation Specialist , looks over the fall foliage from the top of a hiking trail in the Green Mountains National Forest, VT.Credit: USDA. |
 | Gladys Hill works on a quilt in the recreation area of the Ashe Center for the Aging in Jefferson, NC.Credit: USDA. |  | Rogue River - Brush Chutes, Hellgate Recreation Area. Aerial photo.Credit: Unknown. |
 | Public Lands Day Dwight Fielder cutting weeds at Clear Creek Recreation site.Credit: Alisa Spafford. |  | Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.Credit: NPS. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Play | Caption |
 | Laughing; good time; recreation; socializing; social. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Blaise Pascal | To find recreation in amusement is not happiness. |
Miguel De Cervantes | The bow cannot always stand bent, nor can human frailty subsist without some lawful recreation. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | There will be no recreation. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | A walk through the woods thither was often my recreation. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Recreation and work centers. (references) | |
Even after teenage children enter high school, parents can stay involved in schoolwork, recreation, and social activities with their children's friends. (references) | ||
Continuing physical therapy addresses movement problems and is supplemented by vocational training, recreation and leisure programs, and special education when necessary. (references) | ||
Business | Interestingly, consumers who play sports as a recreation are more brand conscious than price conscious. (references) | |
Several projects that combine commercial objectives with recreation will also see the light of day during the 2000-2009 period. (references) | ||
On the whole, Koreans find it easier to change their diet because the lack of space, proper recreation facilities, and time makes exercising difficult. (references) | ||
Children | Guatemala | It stipulates equal opportunity for persons with disabilities in health, education, work, recreation, sports, and cultural activities. (references) |
Paraguay | Persons with Disabilities The Constitution provides for equal opportunity for persons with disabilities and mandates that the State provide them with health care, education, recreation, and professional training. (references) | |
Dominican Republic | There is a Subsecretariat for Rehabilitation under the Ministry of Public Health, a recreation center for persons with disabilities in Las Caobas, and a department in the Sports Ministry to facilitate athletic competition for such persons. (references) | |
Economic History | Oman | This will require the construction of roads, hotels, recreation facilities, and, in some locales, desalination plants. (references) |
Kenya | The sector offers opportunities in accommodation, recreation, and entertainment facilities, including hotels, health spas, and eco-tourism. (references) | |
Bahrain | Due to the intense summer heat, there is a significant demand for indoor recreation facilities; nearly every mall and fast food outlet has a video arcade and play area. (references) | |
Human Rights | Turkmenistan | Facilities for prisoner rehabilitation and recreation were extremely limited. (references) |
Maldives | Prisoners are allowed to work and are given the opportunity for regular exercise and recreation. (references) | |
Antigua and Barbuda | Prison conditions are unsanitary and inadequate, particularly in regard to food, recreation, and rehabilitation. (references) | |
Political Economy | COSTA RICA | Many Costa Rican workers join solidarity associations, under which employers provide easy access to saving plans, low-interest loans, health clinics, recreation centers, and other benefits. (references) |
Political Rights | Macau | The councils are responsible for culture, recreation and public sanitation functions. (references) |
Trade | Ukraine | Zero VAT rates have been established for the following: sale of certain agricultural products by farmers until 2002; import of materials and equipment used for the development of the domestic ship-building until 2005; import of materials and equipment and exports of domestically produced space and equipment until 2009; import of materials and equipment used for the development of special chemical and ammunition production industry (excluding excisable products) until 2010; imports of goods used for the development of the domestic car construction industry and exports of domestically produced or assembled cars and compartments (under the condition of making at least $150 million investment) until 2008; sale of recreation services in the Crimea resorts until 2005; and business development and work places creation in Slavutich until 2004. As the list of goods exempted from VAT changes frequently, businesses should contact a local tax expert for the most up-to-date list. (references) |
Travel | Saudi Arabia | Most Western expatriates live in housing compounds that provide additional services such as cable television, recreation facilities, childcare, limousine services for women (who are not allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia), and security. (references) |
Worker Rights | Pakistan | The facilities contain workspace for stitchers as well as dining areas, childcare centers, recreation areas, and medical clinics. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | RECREATION, n. A particular kind of dejection to relieve a general fatigue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | A new and substantial effort must be made to landscape highways to provide places of relaxation and recreation wherever our roads run. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "RECREATION" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.44% of the time. "RECREATION" is used about 890 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.44% | 885 | 8,038 |
| Noun (common) | 0.34% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.22% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 890 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Japan | Tokyu Recreation Co., Ltd. | Thailand | City Sports and Recreation Public Co. Ltd. |
| (more examples...) |
Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "RECREATION": recreation and welfare officer ♦ recreation center ♦ recreation centre ♦ recreation facilities ♦ recreation facility ♦ recreation ground ♦ recreation park ♦ recreation room ♦ youth recreation centre. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "RECREATION": self-recreation. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
recreation | 2,704 |
recreation and sports | 1,168 |
outdoor recreation | 1,031 |
park and recreation | 616 |
california recreation | 447 |
recreation vehicle | 358 |
american association for nude recreation | 227 |
nude recreation | 181 |
columbus park recreation | 154 |
recreation job | 154 |
portland park and recreation | 151 |
family recreation | 148 |
recreation center | 139 |
h2o inc recreation | 131 |
county howard park recreation | 105 |
recreation vehicle rental | 98 |
intex recreation | 90 |
calgary park recreation | 87 |
los angeles park and recreation | 84 |
anne arundel county park recreation | 82 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "RECREATION"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pushim (break, cease, cessation, chuck, discharge, dismissal, dismission, intermission, leave, letup, outage, pause, playtime, recess, relaxation, reprieve, respite, rest, standstill, stoppage), argëtim (amusement, cabaret, dissipation, distraction, diversion, divertissement, entertainment, fun, jamboree, merriment, merrymaking, pastime, ploy, razzle-dazzle, relaxation, revel, rollick, sport, sporting, spree, tittup), çlodhje (diversion, ease, recuperation, refreshment, relaxation, reposal, repose, rest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | وسيلة إستجمام, تسلية (amusement, dissipation, distraction, diversion, entertainment, pastime, play, rec, relaxation, resource, sport), إستجمام (recuperation, relaxation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bemba | ukwangala (to play). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | развлечение (amusement, avocation, distraction, divertissement, enjoyment, fun, pastime, pleasure, relaxation, resource, sport), освежаване (refreshment, renovation), отмора (diversion, relaxation, reprieve, respite, rest), ободряване (exhilaration, rally, refreshment), междучасие (break, intermission, interval, recess), забавление (amusement, enjoyment, entertainment, jolly, pastime, play, sport), игра (acting, game, hand, pastime, play, scamper, slack, sport). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 游艺 (re-creation), 娛樂中心 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | rekreace (holidays, relaxation), zotavení (pickup, rally, recovery, recuperation, refreshment, restoration), zábava (amusement, delectation, distraction, diversion, entertainment, festivity, fun, kick, occupation, pastime, ploy, pursuit, sport, treat), osvìžení (refreshment, stimulation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | rekreative arrangementer for eleverne, frikvarter (break). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | recreatiewerk, recreatief werk, recreatie (break), vervorming (deformation, deformity, dent, distortion, metamorphosis, refashioning, regeneration, strain, transformation, working), metamorfose (metamorphism, metamorphosis, regeneration, transformation), herschepping (refashioning, regeneration, transformation), gedaanteverwisseling (metamorphosis, regeneration, transformation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ecuadorian Quechua | pucllaicuna. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | metamorfozo (metamorphosis, regeneration, transformation), aliformigo (refashioning, regeneration, transformation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | تفریح (Diversion, Gust, Jaunt, Pastime, Play), سرگرمی (Avocation, Diversion, Fun, Game, Hobby, Hobbyhorse, Pastime, Sport, Toy), خلق مجدد. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | virkistys (refresh, refreshment, relaxation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | récréation (rec, recess). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Pause (break, break period, copy, halt, intermission, interval, letup, lull, pause, playtime, recess, rest, rest and de-energised, rest and de-energized, tracing, truce, work break). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αναψυχή (distraction, pastime, pleasure, refreshment, relaxation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "שתעשעות (amusement, entertainment), ב"ור (amusement, distraction, entertainment, fun), ופש (relaxation, relaxing, taking rest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szórakozás (amusement, distraction, divertissement, entertainment, fling, fun, high jinks, junket, pastime, picnic, play, pleasure, refreshing, relaxation, sport). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | hiburan (amusement, diversion, entertainment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ricreazione (break, playtime, refreshment, relaxation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 遊び事 (diversion, game, pastime), 骨休め (recess, relaxation), 皺伸ばし (smoothing out wrinkles), リアルタイ 処理 (liaison, Likud, liqueur, liquid, liquor, real politics, real price, real time processing, recall, recital, reclining seat, recommendation, reconstruction, recorder, recover, recovery, recovery shot, recruit, recruit fashion, recruiter, recurrent, recurrent neural network, recursion, recursive, recycle, recycle shop, recycling, re-engineering, regret, request, research, resize, rickettsia, Ricoh, rig, Rigel Kentaurus, rigorism, rigorist), レーニン主義 (beggar, homeless, label, labor union, lane, layer, layered cut, layered look, layman, layoff, layout, layout-system, lecture, leg guards, leggings, Leghorn, lei, Leninism, leopon, leotard, lexicon, philosophy of life, racialism, racism, rail, rain, rainbow fish, raincoat, rainy, raise, range, ranger, rape, rapier, rare, rare metal, ray, Ray-Ban, rayonne, ray-tracing, record, recorder, recording, regatta, reggae, regular, regular chain store, regular member, regulation, Regulus, requiem), 気晴らし , 気散じ (diversion, relaxation), 休養 (break, rest), 再創 , 心遣り (diversion, thoughtfulness), 保養 (health preservation, recuperation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | リクリエーション , レクリェーション , レクリエーション , きさ"じ (diversion, relaxation), きばらし, しわのばし (smoothing out wrinkles), きゅうよう (break, maintaining, rest, supplying, urgent business), さいそうぞう, ほねやすめ (recess, relaxation), ほよう (health preservation, recuperation), ""ろやり (diversion, thoughtfulness), あそび"と (diversion, game, pastime). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 휴양 (Recreating, re-creation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | ceau emshir. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papago | chichwikud (recreation area). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ecreationray recreio (amusement, break, fun, play, Playhouse, recess), recreação (play), divertimento (amusement, distraction, enkindle, entertainment, frolic, fun, gambol, game, jollification, merriment, merry making, pastime, play, revel, skittle, sport, treat), diversão (dissociable, diversion, dives, entertainment, excursion boat, fun, gaiety, game, jamboree, jollity, merriment, merry-thought, pastiness, play, revel, spoof, sport, spree), distração (absent-mindedness, abstractedness, abstraction, amusement, avocation, distraction, diversion, failure, fun, oversight, wool gathering). (various references) recreare (rest), recreaţie (break, intermission, interval, pastime, rest), joc (acting, dance, dancing, game, lap, lost motion, pastime, sport, sporting), joacã (game, play), distracţie (absence-mindedness, amusement, dalliance, distraction, diversion, do, drollery, entertainment, frolic, fun, jest, jocularity, jollity, merriment, merry making, pastime, revel, skittle, sport, sporting), destindere (leisure, rebound, recoil, relaxation), amuzament (amusement, dalliance, distraction, diversion, entertainment, jest, jocularity, pastime, picnic), agrement (agreement, amusement, assent, consent, diversion, gratification, pleasure, resource, sport). (various references) развлечение (amusement, dalliance, distraction, diversion, divertissement, do, entertainment, fun, glorification, merriment, pleasure, relaxation, sport, treat). (various references) rekreacija, razonoda (amusement, avocation, dalliance, diversion, divertissement, leisure, pastime, relaxation). (various references) recreación (entertainment). (various references) rekreation, nöje (amusement, delectation, delight, enjoyment, entertainment, fun, indulgence, joy, pastime, pleasure, sport, treat), förströelse (amusement, distraction, diversion). (various references) rekreasyon, teneffüs (break, pause, playtime, respiration, slack), hoşça vakit geçirme, eğlence (amusement, bash, beano, blow out, carnival, conviviality, distraction, diversion, entertainment, festivity, fete, frolic, fun, gag, gaiety, high jinks, jamboree, jollification, jolliness, jollity, merriment, merrymaking, party, pastime, play, plaything, racket, recreational, rejoicing, relaxation, revel, saturnalia, setout, sport), dinlenme (breathing space, recumbency, relaxation, repose, respite, rest), boş zamanı değerlendirme, ara (break, breather, breathing space, bye-, cessation, chasm, check, discontinuance, discontinuation, discontinuity, distance, gap, interim, interlocutory, interlude, intermediary, intermediate, intermission, interregnum, interruption, Interspace, interval, lull, mediate, meso-, recess, recessional, respite, secondary, space, spacing, spread, stand down, surcease, time lag, time out, truce, 'tween). (various references) відпочинок (bait, blow, comfort, refreshment, relaxation, repose, resource, rest, sabbath, vacation), перерва (adjournment, blow, break, caesura, cessation, discontinuity, intermission, intermittence, interruption, interstice, letup, pause, pretermission, rest, vacation). (various references) adloniant (entertainment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Old French | 900-1400 | desport. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "RECREATION": recreational, recreationist, recreationists, recreations. (additional references) | |
| |
"RECREATION" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: recration, Recreatie. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "RECREATION" (pronounced re'krēā"shun) |
| 7 | -k r ē ā" sh u n | creation, miscreation, procreation. |
| 6 | -r ē ā" sh u n | appropriation, expatriation, expropriation, misappropriation, repatriation, variation. |
| 5 | -ē ā" sh u n | abbreviation, affiliation, alleviation, appreciation, association, aviation, conciliation, delineation, denunciation, depreciation, deviation, differentiation, dissociation, exfoliation, foliation, glaciation, humiliation, initiation, irradiation, mediation, negotiation, nucleation, pronunciation, radiation, reconciliation, remediation, renegotiation, renunciation, repudiation, retaliation, substantiation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | abdication, aberration, abomination, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adaptation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, advocation, affectation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, approbation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, dictation, dilatation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, distillation, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, extermination, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, falsification, fascination, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, germination, gestation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, hospitalization, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, justification, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, medication, meditation, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misidentification, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, precipitation, predestination, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, profanation, prognostication, proliferation, propagation, proration, prostration, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, recertification, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinterpretation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remuneration, renationalization, renomination, renovation, reorganization, reparation, replication, representation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, resuscitation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, superstation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, termination, titillation, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, vegetation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abduction, abolition, abortion, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, faction, fashion, fiction, fission, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-i-n-o-r-r-t" | |
-1 letter: certainer. | |
-2 letters: anoretic, anterior, carotene, carrotin, centiare, creatine, creation, erection, increate, iterance, neoteric, reaction, recanter, recreant, reorient, retainer, tricorne. | |
-3 letters: acetone, aconite, arenite, carotin, carrion, caterer, centare, ceratin, certain, cirrate, cointer, corneae, cornier, coterie, creatin, creator, crenate, enactor, enteric, enticer, erector, erotica, erratic, noticer, ocreate, onerier, reactor, reciter, recrate, reenact, reinter, rentier, retinae, retrace, retrain, tacrine, tearier, terrace, terrain, terrane, terrine, trainee, trainer, tricorn. | |
-4 letters: acetin, action, aeonic, aerier, aortic, aroint, artier, atoner, atonic, canter, cantor, careen, career, carnet, carnie, carrot, carter, carton, cation, cenote, centai, center, centra, centre, cerate, cerite, cetane, citron, coatee, coater, coiner, contra, cornea, corner, cornet, corrie, cortin, crater, craton, create, cretin, earner, ecarte, enatic, encore, entera, entice, entire, erotic, errant, irater, ironer, nearer, neater, nectar, noetic, norite, notice, ocreae, octane, orcein, orient, ornate, orrice, racier, rancor, ranter, ratine, ration, recane, recant, recent, recite, recoin, rector, reearn, renter, retain, retear, retina, retine, retire, retore, retorn, rioter, tanrec, tearer, tenace, teniae, tenrec, terrae, tierce, tonier, tracer, trance, triene, trocar. | |
-5 letters: acorn, actin, actor, aerie, airer, antic, antre, areic, arete, atone, cairn, caner, canoe, canto, carer, caret, carte, cater, cento, ceria, citer, coati, conte, corer, coria, cotan, crane, crate, crier, crone, crore, eaten, eater, enact, enate, enter, entia, erect, erica, inert, inter, intro, irate, irone, nacre, narco, naric, nicer, niece, niter, nitre, nitro, noria, noter, oaten, oater, ocean, ocrea, octan, ontic, orate, orcin, racer, racon, rance, ranee, rater, ratio, react, recon, recta, recti, recto, rente, reran, retia, retie, retro, riant, ricer, taroc, tarre, tenia, tenor, terai, terce, terne, terra, tinea, toner, tonic, toric, trace, train, treen, triac, trice, trier, trine, trona, trone. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-i-n-o-r-r-t" | |
+1 letter: areocentric, cerebration, recreations. | |
+2 letters: cerebrations, intercompare, overreacting, overreaction, precentorial, recreational, recuperation, redecorating, redecoration, secretionary. | |
+3 letters: conservatoire, contrarieties, counterraided, craniometries, decerebration, ferromagnetic, intercompared, intercompares, mercerization, nonretractile, overreactions, reactionaries, recreationist, recuperations, redecorations, reincorporate, terpsichorean. | |
+4 letters: conservatoires, conservatories, contemporaries, contrarinesses, corynebacteria, counterrallied, counterrallies, decerebrations, enterobacteria, extraembryonic, gerontocracies, intercorporate, intercorrelate, intermolecular, mercaptopurine, mercerizations, nonretroactive, overcentralize, overdecorating, overdecoration, overextraction, reconsecrating, reconsecration, recreationists, refractoriness, reincorporated, reincorporates, resurrectional. | |
+5 letters: antiforeclosure, chronotherapies, cinematographer, confraternities, corynebacterial, corynebacterium, counterguerilla, counterreaction, enterobacterial, enterobacterium, heterochromatin, intercorrelated, intercorrelates, mercaptopurines, nonarchitecture, overcentralized, overcentralizes, overdecorations, overextractions, parthenocarpies, reaccreditation, recertification, reconcentrating, reconcentration, reconsecrations, reconsideration, reorchestrating, reorchestration. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 45 43 52 45 41 54 49 4F 4E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
|
| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
|
| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
|
| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
|
Morse Code (1836) (references).-. . -.-. .-. . .- - .. --- -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
|
Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01000101 01000011 01010010 01000101 01000001 01010100 01001001 01001111 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R E C R E A T I O N |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0045 0043 0052 0045 0041 0054 0049 004F 004E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
|
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)52393752393554434948 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Sounds | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Quotations: Speeches | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Names: Company Usage 15. Expressions 16. Expressions: Internet | 17. Translations: Modern 18. Translations: Ancient 19. Derivations 20. Rhymes | 21. Anagrams 22. Orthography 23. Bibliography |
Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
