rec
English
Noun
rec (countable and uncountable, plural recs)
- (informal) Abbreviation of recreation.
- At 11 o'clock, school's out, and it's time for rec.
- (countable, informal) A recreation ground.
- (countable, informal) A recommendation or suggestion.
- 2018, Jonathan Evison, Lawn Boy, page 48:
- “Got any recs?”
“What are you looking for?”
“Something angry,” I said.
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Alternative forms
- (recommendation): recc
Derived terms
Verb
rec (third-person singular simple present recs, present participle reccing or recing or rec'ing, simple past and past participle recced or reced or rec'ed or rec'd)
Alternative forms
- (recommend): recc
Catalan
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *ɸrik- (“furrow”). Compare Occitan rèc (whence French arrèc) and Basque erreka.
Derived terms
- reguer
Old English
Alternative forms
- rīec
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *rauki, from Proto-Germanic *raukiz, whence also Old Frisian rēk, Old Saxon rōk, Old Dutch rouc, Old High German rouh, Old Norse reykr. Possibly a loan from the Old Norse instead.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /reːk/
Romanian
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