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B1. the time when you are not working or doing other duties: leisure activities. Most people only have a limited amount of leisure time. The town lacks leisure facilities such as a swimming pool or squash courts. Fewer examples. Swimming pools usually come under 'leisure centres ' in the phone directory.
1. : freedom provided by the cessation of activities. especially : time free from work or duties. increase of leisure, diminution of hustle are the ends to be sought Bertrand Russell. 2. : ease, leisureliness. leisure adjective. Phrases. at leisure or at one's leisure. : in one's leisure time : at one's convenience. read the book at her leisure.
Leisure has often been defined as a quality of experience or as free time. [1] [2] Free time is time spent away from business, work, job hunting, domestic chores, and education, as well as necessary activities such as eating and sleeping. Leisure as an experience usually emphasizes dimensions of perceived freedom and choice.
the time when you are not working or doing other duties: leisure activities. Most people only have a limited amount of leisure time. The town lacks leisure facilities such as a swimming pool or squash courts. Fewer examples. Swimming pools usually come under 'leisure centers ' in the phone directory.
noun [ U ] uk / ˈleʒə r/ us / ˈliːʒər / Add to word list. B1. the time when you are not working: leisure activities. Try to spend your leisure time doing activities you really enjoy. at your leisure. If you do something at your leisure, you do it when you have the time: Take it home and read it at your leisure.
time free from the demands of work or duty, when one can rest, enjoy hobbies or sports, etc.: Most evenings he had the leisure in which to follow his interests. unhurried ease: a work written with leisure and grace.
Leisure, freedom provided by the cessation of coerced activities, particularly time free from disagreeable work or duties. Leisure is universal. Under ordinary circumstances everyone experiences some of it, even if they may know it by another name.
