- nounrecess (noun) · recesses (plural noun)
- a small space created by building part of a wall further back from the rest:"a table set into a recess"
- a hollow space inside something:"the concrete block has a recess in its base"
- (recesses)a remote, secluded, or secret place:"the recesses of the silent pine forest" · "the dark recesses of his soul"
- a period of time when the proceedings of a parliament, committee, court of law, or other official body are temporarily suspended:"talks resumed after a month's recess" · "the Senate was in recess"
- NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISHa break between school classes:"the mid-morning recess"
verbrecess (verb) · recesses (third person present) · recessed (past tense) · recessed (past participle) · recessing (present participle)- attach (a fixture) by setting it back into the wall or surface to which it is fixed:"the lights are going to be recessed into the ceiling"
- NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH(of formal proceedings) be temporarily suspended:"the talks recessed at 2:15"
- suspend (such proceedings) temporarily:"the trial was recessed for the weekend"
- (of an official body) suspend its proceedings for a period of time:"Parliament recessed for the summer on Tuesday"
Originmid 16th century (in the sense ‘withdrawal, departure’): from Latin recessus, from recedere ‘go back’ (see recede). The verb dates from the early 19th century.Similar and Opposite Wordsverb
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