use of leisure
collocation in Englishmeaningsofuseandleisure
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use
noun
uk/juːs/us/juːs/
a purpose for which something ...
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leisure
noun[U]
uk/ˈleʒ.ər/us/ˈliː.ʒɚ/
the time when you are not working or doing ...
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(Definition ofuseandleisurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The structural similarities in theuseofleisuretime by adolescents and the total population are also apparent in the use of electronic mass media.
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But with the introduction of a more comprehensive curriculum, incorporating other domains of knowing, including music, these objectives were extended to the more constructiveuseofleisure.
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We must encourage the constructiveuseofleisure, in the same way as we encourage participation in other aspects of the nation's life.
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Ten years from now the major problem facing people will be theuseofleisuretime.
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Thirdly, a problem with which we shall certainly be faced is that of theuseofleisure.
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It is theuseofleisureby all members of the community.
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That is one problem: another is theuseofleisure.
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In theuseofleisureit is essentially a matter for the individual citizen who has ideas to try them out upon his fellow citizens.
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Yet, again, of course we get the wronguseofleisure; we get hooliganism and the excuse that people are bored.
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Boards have been given general advice stressing the importance of recreational facilities and creativeuseofleisure.
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We had a long debate earlier on theuseofleisurefacilities.
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Training for theuseofleisureis a problem.
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It has given us recreation, miners' halls for social life, libraries, and many opportunities for theuseofleisure.
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That brings us to the question of how we are to find the bestuseofleisure.
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An activity project has been set up for more constructiveuseofleisuretime and programmes are being developed to increase training and employment opportunities.
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That does not exclude the properuseofleisuretime, and the occupation of that time in constructive and objective ways.
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It is a case for theuseofleisuretime by the nation as a whole, leisure in all its wide aspects.
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On the one hand, we have a generation of young people growing up which probably has no tradition behind it in theuseofleisure.
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For those 20 there are proper facilities for games and theuseofleisurein reasonable surroundings.
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