recess

Определение recess в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь: A break, pause or vacation
Spring recess offers a good chance to travel.; To inset into something, or to recede
Recess the screw so it does not stick out.; Remote, distant (in time or place)
Thomas Salusbury: Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems: I should think it best in the subsequent discourses to begin to examine whether the Earth be esteemed immoveable, as it hath been till now believed by most men, or else moveable, as some ancient Philosophers held, and others of not very recesse times were of opinion;.; To take or declare a break
Class will recess for 20 minutes.; An inset, hole, space or opening
Put a generous recess behind the handle for finger space.; A time of play, usually, on a playground
Students who do not listen in class will not play outside during recess.; A shallow depression drilled in wood to allow the head or threaded end of a through-bolt to be flush with the wood surface; {n} a retirement, retreat, secret place; an enclosure that is set back or indented a small concavity make a recess in; "recess the piece of wood"; – An interlude between sessions where pupils can relax and play games outside of the school buildings; A depression in a flat surface; A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion; Intermission in a daily session Intermission from one day to the next; day-to-day recess from one calendar day to the next; The period between sessions of Parliament; A temporary interruption during a day’s proceedings that does not interrupt unfinished business The rules in each house direct matters to be taken up and disposed of at the beginning of each legislative day The House usually adjourns from day to day The Senate often recesses, thus meeting on the same legislative day for several calendar days or even weeks at a time; A temporary break during a floor session or a period when no legislative sessions are held; A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire; A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the recess of the tides; put into a recess; "recess lights; A temporary termination of a meeting Recesses are called for short breaks (e g , for lunch or dinner) or occasionally at the close of a daily session to allow the legislative day to continue into the next calendar day (See ADJOURNMENT ); Marks a temporary end to the business of the Congress, and sets a time for the next meeting; an enclosure that is set back or indented; Part of a room formed by the receding of the wall, as an alcove, niche, etc; When formal meetings or court cases recess, they stop temporarily. The hearings have now recessed for dinner Before the trial recessed today, the lawyer read her opening statement; Temporary halt to proceedings, with a time set for proceedings to resume; an enclosure that is set back or indented a small concavity make a recess in; "recess the piece of wood" put into a recess; "recess lights; In a room, a recess is part of a wall which is built further back than the rest of the wall. Recesses are often used as a place to put furniture such as shelves. a discreet recess next to a fireplace; (1) An official pause in a committee hearing or floor session that halts the proceedings for a period of time but does not have the finality of adjournment; Secret or abstruse part; as, the difficulties and recesses of science; Intermission during a daily Session, usually for caucus or committee meetings; a pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate"; a state of abeyance or suspended business; Concludes legislative day, with a set time for reconvening--usually more than three days of adjournment; An indentation into the housing; Temporary delay in proceedings; a small concavity; A brief adjournment ordered by the judge (see Adjournment; compare Continuance); make a recess in; "recess the piece of wood"; (1) An official pause of any length in a committee hearing or Floor Session that halts the proceedings for a period of time but does not have the finality of adjournment; Intermission in a legislative day; the period between sessions of Parliament, but in ordinary usage the word is often used to describe the periods between the main sitting periods each year, as in the winter recess; {i} break from proceedings, intermission, pause in activity; niche, indentation in a wall, alcove; scheduled break in the middle of a school day; a space in a room where part of a wall is set back from the main part; Remission or suspension of business or procedure; intermission, as of a legislative body, court, or school; an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands); The state of being withdrawn; seclusion; privacy; A sinus; Intermission in a daily session; put into a recess; "recess lights"; ending a legislative session with a set time to reconvene; To make a recess in; as, to recess a wall; —Adjournment by the House or Senate for at least three days, with a set time for reconvening; This is a temporary time when the trial or hearing is not in session A recess can be for minutes, hours, days or even weeks return to index; {f} take a break from proceedings, take a pause from activities; make a niche, set back from the surface; close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned"; The recesses of something or somewhere are the parts of it which are hard to see because light does not reach them or they are hidden from view. He emerged from the dark recesses of the garage; A recess is a break between the periods of work of an official body such as a committee, a court of law, or a government. The conference broke for a recess; If you refer to the recesses of someone's mind or soul, you are referring to thoughts or feelings they have which are hidden or difficult to describe. There was something in the darker recesses of his unconscious that was troubling him. if a government, law court etc recesses, it officially stops work for a period of time
recess appointment: A person appointed by the President of the United States to an office that normally requires approval of the United States Senate, but who is appointed without such approval because the Senate is in recess
recess appointments: plural form of recess appointment
recess session: time during which the parliament is not in session
recessed: Simple past tense and past participle of recess
a recess: intermission
recessed: Set (a fitment) back into a wall or other surface
Knesset recess: time of year when the Knesset is not in assembly, yearly pause in Knesset proceedings
Parliament is now in recess: activities of the parliament are now temporarily suspended
court recess: vacation or break time for courts of law
parliament recess: set period of time during which members of parliament do not meet
pharyngeal recess: a small recess in the wall of the pharynx
recessed: set back; pertaining to a hole, space, or opening
recessed: Having a recess or recesses; as, a recessed arch or wall
recessed: Withdrawn; secluded
recessed: Very laid-back
recessed: past of recess
recessed: Panel - A label panel that is indented or recessed
recessed: If something such as a door or window is recessed, it is set into the wall that surrounds it. a wide passage, lit from one side by recessed windows. fitted into a part of a wall that is further back than the rest of the wall
recessed: A hatch cover that is 1/8 inch lower than its surrounding frame The particular design allows tile or carpet to be glued to the cover and frame so that the surface level of the tile or carpet on the door is flush with the surrounding floor
recessed: resembling an alcove
recessed: The opposite of face-fitting Where a blind is to be fitted inside a recess or within the glazing beads of a window right up to the glass, this is referred to as recessed This normally requires different brackets to be used
recessed: having a sunken area; "hunger gave their faces a sunken look"
recesses: third-person singular of recess
recesses: plural of recess
recessing: present participle of recess
special recess session: special assembly held during an intermission
window recess: depression in a wall where a window is located