C1nounpoliticseducation
US/ˈriː.ses/
UK/ˈriː.ses/
a break when a parliament or court stops work, or a break between school lessons (US)
In context
The children play basketball in the yard during recess.
Parliament is in recess until the end of August.
The judge called a short recess so the lawyers could talk.
Words that go with recess
noun + noun
- summer recessThe new law will be discussed after the summer recess.
- lunch recessThe trial will continue after the lunch recess.
adjective + noun
- short recessThe court took a short recess after lunch.
- parliamentary recessThe minister went on holiday during the parliamentary recess.
verb + noun
- call a recessThe chairman called a recess to let everyone calm down.
- take a recessThe committee took a fifteen-minute recess before the vote.