--- title: R — The school dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 3 description: The 980 words of the school dictionary under R, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/page/3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/) / R # R — The school dictionary · page 3 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/page/2/) **3** [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/page/4/) [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/page/5/) [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/page/6/) [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/page/7/) [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/page/8/) [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/page/9/) [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/page/10/) - [receptionist](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/receptionist/) — A person who works at the front desk of an office, hotel, school or doctor's surgery, greeting people, answering the phone and making appo… — 7 sentences - [receptor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/receptor/) — A part of the body, such as a nerve ending or a cell in the eye, nose or skin, that picks up a signal like light, smell, heat or touch and… — 8 sentences - [recess](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recess/) — In the USA, Canada and Australia, the break between lessons when children play outside; in the UK it is called "break" or "playtime". — 11 sentences - [recession](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recession/) — A time when a country's businesses do badly, many people lose jobs and spending falls. — 8 sentences - [recharge](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recharge/) — To recharge a battery or device means to fill it with electricity again. — 8 sentences - [rechargeable](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rechargeable/) — Able to be filled up with electricity again after it runs out, so it can be used many times: a rechargeable battery. — 7 sentences - [recipe](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recipe/) — A recipe tells you what you need (the ingredients) and what to do (the method) to cook or bake something. — 10 sentences - [recipient](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recipient/) — A person who receives something, such as a letter, a gift, a prize or a message. — 9 sentences - [reciprocal](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reciprocal/) — Reciprocal means given and received in return; done by both people or sides for each other. — 10 sentences - [reciprocate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reciprocate/) — To reciprocate is to give or do the same thing back to someone who gave or did it to you. — 10 sentences - [recital](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recital/) — A performance of music, dance or poetry, often by one person or by pupils, for an audience. — 10 sentences - [recitation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recitation/) — A recitation is saying a poem, speech or piece of writing aloud from memory, often in front of an audience. — 10 sentences - [recite](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recite/) — To recite is to say a poem, story or piece of writing aloud from memory. — 11 sentences - [reckless](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reckless/) — Doing dangerous things without caring or thinking about what could go wrong. — 9 sentences - [recklessly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recklessly/) — In a careless way, without thinking about danger or the harm that might follow. — 4 sentences - [reckon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reckon/) — To think or believe; to have an opinion. — 13 sentences - [reclaimed](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reclaimed/) — Past of «reclaim»: got something back that was yours. — 11 sentences - [recline](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recline/) — To lean or lie back in a relaxed way, often resting on something. — 4 sentences - [recliner](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recliner/) — A recliner is a soft armchair whose back can lean back and whose footrest can come up, so you can lie back comfortably. — 8 sentences - [reclining](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reclining/) — Leaning or lying back in a relaxed way: «a reclining figure». — 10 sentences - [recluse](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recluse/) — A person who lives alone and avoids being with other people. — 9 sentences - [recognisable](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recognisable/) — Recognisable means easy to know or identify because you have seen or heard it before. — 10 sentences - [recognise](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recognise/) — To recognise someone or something is to know who or what they are because you have seen, heard or met them before. — 11 sentences - [recognition](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recognition/) — Recognition is knowing someone or something because you have seen or heard it before. — 13 sentences - [recognize](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recognize/) — To know someone or something again because you have seen, heard or met it before. — 4 sentences - [recognized](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recognized/) — Knew who someone was or what something was because you had seen or heard it before. — 12 sentences - [recollect](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recollect/) — To remember something from the past, often with effort: «I don't recollect his name.». — 10 sentences - [recollection](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recollection/) — A memory of something from the past. — 10 sentences - [recommence](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recommence/) — To begin again after a stop or break. — 9 sentences - [recommend](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recommend/) — To recommend something is to say it is good and that someone should try it, like a book or a film. — 10 sentences - [recommendation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recommendation/) — A recommendation is advice about what someone should do, as in «the doctor's recommendation is rest». — 11 sentences - [recompense](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recompense/) — Recompense is money or something else given to make up for harm, loss or trouble someone has suffered. — 10 sentences - [reconcile](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reconcile/) — To make friends again after a quarrel: «The two friends were reconciled». — 13 sentences - [reconciliation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reconciliation/) — Making friends again after an argument or fight. — 12 sentences - [reconnoitre](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reconnoitre/) — To go and look carefully at an area before doing anything, to find out what is there. — 4 sentences - [reconsider](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reconsider/) — To think again about a decision or opinion, possibly to change it. — 8 sentences - [reconstitute](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reconstitute/) — To make dried food or powder into its original form again by adding water: reconstituted milk or orange juice. — 8 sentences - [reconstructed](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reconstructed/) — Reconstructed means built again after being damaged or destroyed. — 10 sentences - [reconstruction](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reconstruction/) — Reconstruction is building something again after it was damaged or destroyed. — 11 sentences - [reconvert](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reconvert/) — To change something back into what it was before, or into another form again. — 10 sentences - [record](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/record/) — A record is a written or saved note of facts, so you can look at it later. — 13 sentences - [recorder](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recorder/) — A recorder is a simple wooden or plastic wind instrument with holes, which you blow into and play by covering the holes with your fingers. — 10 sentences - [recording](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recording/) — A recording is sound or pictures that have been stored so they can be played again, such as a song, video or voice message. — 13 sentences - [recount](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recount/) — verb To tell a story or describe events in order: «He recounted his adventure.». — 11 sentences - [recourse](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recourse/) — Recourse is a way of getting help or a solution when you are in trouble. — 11 sentences - [recover](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recover/) — To recover means to get well again after an illness or injury. — 11 sentences - [recoverable](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recoverable/) — Able to be got back after being lost, deleted or stolen. — 10 sentences - [recovery](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recovery/) — Recovery is getting better after being ill, hurt or upset. — 12 sentences - [recreate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recreate/) — To make something again so that it is like it was before. — 10 sentences - [recreation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recreation/) — Things people do for fun and relaxation in their free time, like sport, games and hobbies. — 9 sentences - [recreational](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recreational/) — Done for fun, relaxing and enjoyment in your free time, not for work: recreational sport. — 9 sentences - [recruit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recruit/) — verb To find and get new people to join a group, team, army or company. — 10 sentences - [rectangle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rectangle/) — A rectangle is a flat shape with four straight sides and four square corners (right angles). Its opposite sides are equal and parallel. — 12 sentences - [rectangular](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rectangular/) — Rectangular means shaped like a rectangle, with four straight sides and square corners. — 10 sentences - [rectified](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rectified/) — Put right; corrected. — 9 sentences - [rectilinear](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rectilinear/) — Made of straight lines. — 10 sentences - [rector](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rector/) — A rector is a priest in charge of a parish in the Church of England, the Episcopal Church or the Catholic Church. — 9 sentences - [recumbent](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recumbent/) — Lying down, especially on your back or leaning back. — 11 sentences - [recuperation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recuperation/) — Getting better and stronger after an illness, injury or tiring time. — 9 sentences - [recur](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recur/) — To recur means to happen again, often more than once. — 12 sentences - [recurrence](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recurrence/) — A recurrence is when something happens again, especially something bad like an illness or a problem. — 9 sentences - [recurrent](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recurrent/) — Happening again and again, many times: a recurrent dream. — 9 sentences - [recurring](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recurring/) — Happening again and again. — 9 sentences - [recyclable](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recyclable/) — Recyclable means able to be recycled — collected and made into new things instead of being thrown away. — 7 sentences - [recycle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recycle/) — To recycle something is to collect it after use so it can be broken down and made into something new, like turning old bottles into new on… — 11 sentences - [recycling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recycling/) — Recycling is the process of collecting used things like paper, glass, metal and plastic and making them into new things. — 11 sentences - [red](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/red/) — Red is the color of strawberries, blood and fire trucks. — 23 sentences - [redbreast](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redbreast/) — Another name for a robin, a small bird with a red chest. — 4 sentences - [redden](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redden/) — To become red or redder. — 11 sentences - [reddened](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reddened/) — Past of «redden»: became red or made something red. — 10 sentences - [reddish](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reddish/) — Reddish means a little red, or nearly red, but not completely («reddish-brown hair»). — 9 sentences - [redecorate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redecorate/) — To redecorate a room or house is to make it look new again by painting walls, putting up new wallpaper or changing the curtains and furnit… — 9 sentences - [redeem](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redeem/) — To get something back by paying for it or by giving something in return. — 5 sentences - [redeemable](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redeemable/) — Able to be exchanged for money, goods or a prize: «This voucher is redeemable in any store.». — 9 sentences - [redeemed](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redeemed/) — Exchanged a voucher, coupon or points for something. — 11 sentences - [redeployment](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redeployment/) — Moving people, soldiers, workers or equipment to a different place or job where they are needed more. — 6 sentences - [redeposit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redeposit/) — To put money back into a bank or account. — 9 sentences - [redesign](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redesign/) — To redesign something is to design it again, changing its look, shape or the way it works to make it better. — 9 sentences - [redhead](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redhead/) — A person with red or orange-red hair. — 9 sentences - [rediscovery](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rediscovery/) — Finding something again that had been lost, forgotten or hidden. — 8 sentences - [redness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redness/) — Redness is the state of being red. — 10 sentences - [redo](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redo/) — To redo something is to do it again, usually because it was wrong or not good enough. — 12 sentences - [redouble](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redouble/) — To make an effort, a feeling or an action much stronger or greater. — 9 sentences - [redoubtable](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redoubtable/) — Fearsome and powerful, so that people feel respect or fear for them. — 4 sentences - [redraft](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redraft/) — To write a piece of writing again, making it better. — 8 sentences - [redress](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redress/) — To put right an unfair or harmful state of things. — 5 sentences - [redshift](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redshift/) — Redshift is when light from a star or galaxy moving away from us is stretched so it looks redder, shifting towards the red end of the rain… — 8 sentences - [redskin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redskin/) — An old, rude name for a Native American; it must not be used now. — 4 sentences - [reduce](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reduce/) — To reduce something is to make it smaller in size, amount, number or strength. — 14 sentences - [reduction](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reduction/) — A reduction is making something smaller or less, or the amount by which it is made smaller. — 11 sentences - [redundancy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redundancy/) — Redundancy is losing your job because the employer no longer needs that job — for example when a factory closes — not because of anything… — 9 sentences - [redundant](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redundant/) — Redundant means not needed any more, because there is already enough or it is repeated. — 10 sentences - [redwood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redwood/) — A very tall evergreen tree with reddish bark, found mainly in California; coast redwoods are the tallest trees on Earth. — 8 sentences - [reed](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reed/) — A reed is a tall, thin, grass-like plant with a hollow stem that grows in or near water. — 11 sentences - [reedy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reedy/) — Full of reeds, the tall grass-like plants that grow in water. — 5 sentences - [reef](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reef/) — A reef is a long ridge of rock, sand or coral just under or at the surface of the sea. — 10 sentences - [reek](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reek/) — To have a very strong, unpleasant smell. — 13 sentences - [reel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reel/) — A round thing that thread, film, fishing line or wire is wound on. — 16 sentences - [ref](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ref/) — A ref is a referee, the official who makes sure players follow the rules in games like football, rugby, boxing and basketball. — 9 sentences - [refectory](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refectory/) — A large dining hall, especially in a monastery, convent, college or old school. — 9 sentences [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/page/2/) **3** [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/page/4/) [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/page/5/) [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/page/6/) [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/page/7/) [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/page/8/) [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/page/9/) [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/page/10/)