"rec" meaning in English

See rec in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɹɛk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rec.wav
Rhymes: -ɛk Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} rec (not comparable)
  1. (informal) Clipping of recreational. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, not-comparable Alternative form of: recreational
    Sense id: en-rec-en-adj-BUxHZHCj

Noun

IPA: /ɹɛk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rec.wav Forms: recs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛk Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} rec (countable and uncountable, plural recs)
  1. (uncountable, informal) Clipping of recreation. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, uncountable Alternative form of: recreation
    Sense id: en-rec-en-noun-~9hCh070
  2. (countable, informal) Clipping of recreation ground. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal Alternative form of: recreation ground Synonyms: reccy
    Sense id: en-rec-en-noun-TWjVT9dv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 11 61 11 2 4
  3. (countable, informal) Clipping of recommendation. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal Alternative form of: recommendation Synonyms: recc
    Sense id: en-rec-en-noun-Zju1EmRD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: rec hall, rec league, rec room

Verb

IPA: /ɹɛk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rec.wav
Rhymes: -ɛk Head templates: {{en-verb|++|past2=reced|past3=rec'ed|past4=rec'd|pres_ptc2=recing|pres_ptc3=rec'ing}} 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) Forms: recs [present, singular, third-person], reccing [participle, present], recing [participle, present], rec'ing [participle, present], recced [participle, past], recced [past], reced [participle, past], reced [past], rec'ed [participle, past], rec'ed [past], rec'd [participle, past], rec'd [past]
  1. (transitive, informal) To recommend. Tags: informal, transitive Synonyms: recc
    Sense id: en-rec-en-verb-yU5SKWy-
  2. (transitive, informal) To record. Tags: informal, transitive
    Sense id: en-rec-en-verb-9IT0i3tq

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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