# recreation (leisure)

actions that are for play and are done while free

- Computed level: L13 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: common usage  ·  Arena: recreation

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [play](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-play.game), [free](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-free.unconstrained), [action](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-action.deed), [time](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-time.dimension)

**Through:** play and free together make activity

**Novel properties:**
- purposeless activity
- temporal freedom
- engaged idleness

## Examples
- The 2020 Tokyo Olympics hosted 11,000 athletes in 33 sports after a year's pandemic delay. *(institutions)*
- Minecraft sold over 300 million copies by 2023, becoming a global digital playground. *(computing)*
- Yellowstone National Park welcomed 3.2 million visitors in 2022 for hiking, camping, and wildlife viewing. *(geography)*

## Used by
- [entertainment](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-entertainment.leisure) (L15)
- [leisure](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-leisure.psychological) (L14)
- [park](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-park.place) (L14)

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-recreation.leisure*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-recreation.leisure.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*