leisure
/ˈlɛʒə(ɹ)/
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rare/ˈlɛʒɚ/
leisure noun: freedom provided by the cessation of activities.
Noun
leisure (countable and uncountable, plural leisures)
- Freedom provided by the cessation of activities.
- Free time, time free from work or duties.
- The desire of leisure is much more natural than of business and care.1672, William Temple, An Essay Upon the Original and Nature of Government
- Little had Mrs. Dashwood or her daughters imagined when they first came into Devonshire, that so many engagements would arise to occupy their time as shortly presented themselves, or that they should have such frequent invitations and such constant visitors as to leave them little leisure for...1811, [Jane Austen], chapter 11, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC
- Time at one's command, free from engagement; convenient opportunity; hence, convenience; ease.
- He sigh'd, and had no leisure more to say.1717, John Dryden [et al.], “(please specify |book=I to XV)”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC
Proper noun capitalized: Leisure
Leisure (plural Leisures)
- A surname.
leisure meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
leisure in Hindi
- time free
- अवकाश avkāś, फ़ुर्सत fursat
leisure in Tamil
- ஒய்வு, ஒழிவு
leisure in Marathi
- leisure
- फुरसत phursat
leisure in Urdu
- time free
- اوکاش avkāś
More languagesFewer languages
- leisure in Bengali
- অবসর obośor
- leisure in Telugu
- అవకాశము avakāśamu, తీరుబడి tīrubaḍi, తీరిక tīrika
- leisure in Malayalam
- പോത് pōtŭ
- leisure in Kannada
- ಪುರುಸತ್ತು purusattu, ಅವಸರ avasara
- leisure in Punjabi
- ਵਕ਼ਤ vaqat, چھٹی chuṭṭī
- leisure in Gujarati
- ફુરસદ phursad
- leisure in Odia
- ବେଳ beḷa, ମୋକା mokā, କାଣ୍ଡ kāṇḍa
- leisure in Sanskrit
- अवसर avasara
- leisure in Sinhala
- නිවාඩුව niwāḍuwa
- leisure in Tagalog
- aliwaksay
- leisure in Arabic
- خُلُو مِن اَلْعَمَل ḵulū min al-ʕamal, رَاحَة rāḥa, فَرَاغ farāḡ, وَقْت اَلْفَرَاغ waqt al-farāḡ
- leisure in Indonesian
- waktu luang, waktu senggang
- leisure in Vietnamese
- nhàn rỗi
Examples of leisure in a sentence
- It is to be promoted as a leisure activity, as well as as a social distinction.
- The proliferation of labor-saving devices has not given us more leisure time, paradoxically.
- I've sent you the documents; you can review them at your leisure.
Forms of leisure
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | leisures |
| alternative form (obsolete) | leasure |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Leisures |
Origin of leisure
From Middle English leyser, from Anglo-Norman leisir, variant of Old French loisir (“to enjoy oneself”) (Modern French loisir survives as a noun), substantive use of a verb, from Latin licēre (“be permitted”). Displaced native Old English ǣmetta.
Words formed from leisure
- antileisure
- athleisure
- at leisure
- at one's leisure
- bleisure
- gentleman of leisure
- lady of leisure
- leisurable
- leisure battery
- leisure centre
- leisure class
- leisured
- leisureful
- leisureless
- leisurely
- leisureness
- leisureplex
- leisure sickness
- leisuresome
- leisure suit
- leisure time
- leisurewear
- leisuring
- leisurism
- leisurist
- nonleisure
- weisure
- workleisure
Phrases with leisure
Words that rhyme with leisure
Questions about leisure
- What does leisure mean?
- Leisure means freedom provided by the cessation of activities.
- What is leisure in Hindi?
- Leisure in Hindi is अवकाश (avkāś), फ़ुर्सत (fursat). See Leisure meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is leisure?
- Leisure can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce leisure?
- Leisure is pronounced /ˈlɛʒə(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of leisure?
- The plural of leisure is leisures.
Words near leisure in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: leisure (page history and authors); Leisure (page history and authors); leisure (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); फुरसत (Marathi) (page history and authors); অবসর (Bengali) (page history and authors); అవకాశము (Telugu) (page history and authors); പോത് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ಅವಸರ (Kannada) (page history and authors); چھٹی (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ફુરસદ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); କାଣ୍ଡ (Odia) (page history and authors); अवसर (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); නිවාඩුව (Sinhala) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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