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# leisure

«leisure» in Mova's school dictionary: **not working or studying and can do what you enjoy** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (leisure — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Free time when you are not working or studying and can do what you enjoy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leisure/#m1)

2) (as an adjective-like word) For relaxing and fun: leisure centre, leisure activities. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leisure/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life: hobbies, sport, reading for fun are leisure activities. In the UK, a leisure centre has a swimming pool and sports halls. In maths problems, hours of leisure might be shown in a bar chart. Phrases: at your leisure (when it suits you), leisure time, leisure centre.

### examples

- In my leisure time I like to draw. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leisure/#x1)
- We went swimming at the leisure centre. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leisure/#x2)
- Read the book at your leisure. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leisure/#x3)
- Football is my favourite leisure activity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leisure/#x4)
- Grandpa has more leisure now that he has retired. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leisure/#x5)
- The survey asked how many hours of leisure each pupil had. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leisure/#x6)

### note

Uncountable: "some leisure", not "a leisure". Said "LEZH-er" (UK) or "LEE-zher" (US). Spelling: ei after s (leisure). Adjective: leisurely (slow and relaxed).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «leisure» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leisure/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.