Recess
noun
A break time in between work or study.
The children ran outside to play during recess.
Often appears as...
- school recess
- take a recess
noun
A cut or indentation in a surface.
The bookcase fitted perfectly into the recess in the wall.
Often appears as...
- wall recess
- indentation recess
noun
A period of time in a parliament or court when it temporarily stops work.
Parliament has gone into recess for the summer holidays.
Often appears as...
- parliamentary recess
- court recess
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
verb
To pause or take a break.
She decided to recess the meeting until after lunch.
Often appears as...
- recess the meeting
- recess a debate
noun
A break time in between work or study.
The children ran outside to play during recess.
Often appears as...
- school recess
- take a recess
noun
A cut or indentation in a surface.
The bookcase fitted perfectly into the recess in the wall.
Often appears as...
- wall recess
- indentation recess
noun
A period of time in a parliament or court when it temporarily stops work.
Parliament has gone into recess for the summer holidays.
Often appears as...
- parliamentary recess
- court recess
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
verb
To pause or take a break.
She decided to recess the meeting until after lunch.
Often appears as...
- recess the meeting
- recess a debate
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3School Context
Primarily used to describe short breaks for students between classes or study periods.
After third period, we have a twenty-minute recess.
Pro Tip 2/3Work Intervals
Adults also call short breaks 'recess' but it's more common in formal or organized environments.
The committee will take a recess before voting.
Pro Tip 3/3Temporary Pause
Implies a temporary stop before activities resume, often used with 'take a' as in 'take a recess'.
Let's take a recess and come back to this problem later.
Pro Tip 1/3School Context
Primarily used to describe short breaks for students between classes or study periods.
After third period, we have a twenty-minute recess.
Pro Tip 2/3Work Intervals
Adults also call short breaks 'recess' but it's more common in formal or organized environments.
The committee will take a recess before voting.
Pro Tip 3/3Temporary Pause
Implies a temporary stop before activities resume, often used with 'take a' as in 'take a recess'.
Let's take a recess and come back to this problem later.
Pro Tip 1/3School Context
Primarily used to describe short breaks for students between classes or study periods.
After third period, we have a twenty-minute recess.
Pro Tip 2/3Work Intervals
Adults also call short breaks 'recess' but it's more common in formal or organized environments.
The committee will take a recess before voting.
Pro Tip 3/3Temporary Pause
Implies a temporary stop before activities resume, often used with 'take a' as in 'take a recess'.
Let's take a recess and come back to this problem later.
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What kids can teach...
have kids run to them in tears, and I'd watch in jealousy. Oh, was I jealous. I mean, of course I didn't want the kids to fall, but I really wanted that moment of validation that yes, I had earned a kid's trust enough to be the one to help them. Then, it finally happened. It was a beautiful day. It was during recess at the indoor playground.
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Daniel Raven-Ellison:...
regular or irregular or quirky and sadly you know this sort of sections called geography teaching from the edge geography is at the edge like the thing that the whole planet and the universe is about that's at the edge and children are allowed to play out and then it get recess so the really informal radical
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Printing a human kidney...
missing school it was just pretty much miserable I couldn't you know go out in play you know basketball at recess without feeling like I was going to pass out when I got back inside it was I felt so sick I was facing basically a lifetime of dialysis and I don't even like to think about what my life would
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How our friendship...
Somehow, I had to honor our own family values and show respect for our friends. So I finally said, "They think that's the right direction for this country." And before I had even gotten the whole sentence out, he had moved on to the soccer game he was going to play at recess.
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Celeste Headlee: 10 ways...
that true listening requires a setting aside of oneself. And sometimes that means setting aside your personal opinion. He said that sensing this acceptance, the speaker will become less and less vulnerable and more and more likely to open up the inner recesses
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How teachers can help...
I sit with them at lunch, I have conversations with them at recess, I go to their games on the weekends, I go to their dance recitals. I become a part of their life. Because in order to really know a student, you've got to infuse yourself into their lives.
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Why every student...
and places to go." And they said, "Yeah!" You say it long enough, it starts to be a part of you. Both my parents were educators. My maternal grandparents were educators. For years, I watched my mother take the time at recess to review,
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Printing a human kidney...
I was missing school. It was pretty much miserable. I couldn't go out and play basketball at recess without feeling like I was going to pass out when I got back inside. I felt so sick. I was facing basically a lifetime of dialysis,
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How math saved my life PIPE...
said he'd a clicker here sorry about that I didn't get it clicker sorry thank you unless you count lunch and recess I was one of those kids that did not care
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Swarm of Ants Flies For...
underground oasis this beetle has made its way down into the deeper recesses of the labyrinth
Video examples
What kids can teach...
have kids run to them in tears, and I'd watch in jealousy. Oh, was I jealous. I mean, of course I didn't want the kids to fall, but I really wanted that moment of validation that yes, I had earned a kid's trust enough to be the one to help them. Then, it finally happened. It was a beautiful day. It was during recess at the indoor playground.
Video examples
Daniel Raven-Ellison:...
regular or irregular or quirky and sadly you know this sort of sections called geography teaching from the edge geography is at the edge like the thing that the whole planet and the universe is about that's at the edge and children are allowed to play out and then it get recess so the really informal radical
Video examples
Printing a human kidney...
missing school it was just pretty much miserable I couldn't you know go out in play you know basketball at recess without feeling like I was going to pass out when I got back inside it was I felt so sick I was facing basically a lifetime of dialysis and I don't even like to think about what my life would
Video examples
How our friendship...
Somehow, I had to honor our own family values and show respect for our friends. So I finally said, "They think that's the right direction for this country." And before I had even gotten the whole sentence out, he had moved on to the soccer game he was going to play at recess.
Video examples
Celeste Headlee: 10 ways...
that true listening requires a setting aside of oneself. And sometimes that means setting aside your personal opinion. He said that sensing this acceptance, the speaker will become less and less vulnerable and more and more likely to open up the inner recesses
Video examples
How teachers can help...
I sit with them at lunch, I have conversations with them at recess, I go to their games on the weekends, I go to their dance recitals. I become a part of their life. Because in order to really know a student, you've got to infuse yourself into their lives.
Video examples
Why every student...
and places to go." And they said, "Yeah!" You say it long enough, it starts to be a part of you. Both my parents were educators. My maternal grandparents were educators. For years, I watched my mother take the time at recess to review,
Video examples
Printing a human kidney...
I was missing school. It was pretty much miserable. I couldn't go out and play basketball at recess without feeling like I was going to pass out when I got back inside. I felt so sick. I was facing basically a lifetime of dialysis,
Video examples
How math saved my life PIPE...
said he'd a clicker here sorry about that I didn't get it clicker sorry thank you unless you count lunch and recess I was one of those kids that did not care
Video examples
Swarm of Ants Flies For...
underground oasis this beetle has made its way down into the deeper recesses of the labyrinth
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
John Madden
American Entertainer
If you win a Super Bowl before you're fired, you're a genius, and everyone listens to you. But a coach is just a guy whose best class in grammar school was recess and whose best class in high school was P.E. I never thought I was anything but a guy whose best class was P.E.
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Lynn Nottage
American Playwright
I find my characters and stories in many varied places; sometimes they pop out of newspaper articles, obscure historical texts, lively dinner party conversations and some even crawl out of the dusty remote recesses of my imagination.
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Nicky Morgan
British Politician
Being an MP is a challenging job - it's strange hours, and if you have another half, they have to be supportive. But it can be very flexible, and of course you get recesses, which I find work very well around school term times.
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Cher
American Musician
I think I am a product of my mother's sensibilities and my mother's values. There has been lots of battling and lots of love and it's never an easy road for us. But in the deepest recesses, I do have my mother's values.
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Dan Levy
American Comedian
It's pretty incredible to think that someone who once dreamed of a life in fashion could go from reading 'Vogue' during recess in elementary school to eventually seeing his designs grace those very pages.
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Alberto Giacometti
Swiss Sculptor
All the sculptures of today, like those of the past, will end one day in pieces... So it is important to fashion ones work carefully in its smallest recess and charge every particle of matter with life.
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Philippe Cousteau, Jr.
American Scientist
Some parts of our oceans, like the rich and mysterious recesses of our Atlantic submarine canyons and seamounts, are so stunning and sensitive they deserve to be protected from destructive activities.
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Iain Sinclair
British Writer
The kind of world I'm endlessly going on about is pretty well doomed, but nevertheless I think there are recesses of it worth celebrating.
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Margaret Walker
American Poet
The poetry of a people comes from the deep recesses of the unconscious, the irrational and the collective body of our ancestral memories.
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Ben Carson
American Scientist
My favorite subject was recess. Fortunately for me, I had a mother who believed I was smart.
Quote examples
John Madden
American Entertainer
If you win a Super Bowl before you're fired, you're a genius, and everyone listens to you. But a coach is just a guy whose best class in grammar school was recess and whose best class in high school was P.E. I never thought I was anything but a guy whose best class was P.E.
Quote examples
Lynn Nottage
American Playwright
I find my characters and stories in many varied places; sometimes they pop out of newspaper articles, obscure historical texts, lively dinner party conversations and some even crawl out of the dusty remote recesses of my imagination.
Quote examples
Nicky Morgan
British Politician
Being an MP is a challenging job - it's strange hours, and if you have another half, they have to be supportive. But it can be very flexible, and of course you get recesses, which I find work very well around school term times.
Quote examples
Cher
American Musician
I think I am a product of my mother's sensibilities and my mother's values. There has been lots of battling and lots of love and it's never an easy road for us. But in the deepest recesses, I do have my mother's values.
Quote examples
Dan Levy
American Comedian
It's pretty incredible to think that someone who once dreamed of a life in fashion could go from reading 'Vogue' during recess in elementary school to eventually seeing his designs grace those very pages.
Quote examples
Alberto Giacometti
Swiss Sculptor
All the sculptures of today, like those of the past, will end one day in pieces... So it is important to fashion ones work carefully in its smallest recess and charge every particle of matter with life.
Quote examples
Philippe Cousteau, Jr.
American Scientist
Some parts of our oceans, like the rich and mysterious recesses of our Atlantic submarine canyons and seamounts, are so stunning and sensitive they deserve to be protected from destructive activities.
Quote examples
Iain Sinclair
British Writer
The kind of world I'm endlessly going on about is pretty well doomed, but nevertheless I think there are recesses of it worth celebrating.
Quote examples
Margaret Walker
American Poet
The poetry of a people comes from the deep recesses of the unconscious, the irrational and the collective body of our ancestral memories.
Quote examples
Ben Carson
American Scientist
My favorite subject was recess. Fortunately for me, I had a mother who believed I was smart.
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