Recover Meaning
/ɹɪˈkʌvə/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo get back, to regain (a physical thing; in astronomy and navigation, sight of a thing or a signal).
verbTo salvage, to extricate, to rescue (a thing or person).
Sentence Examples
I sincerely hope that you will soon recover from your illness.
The patient will soon recover from his illness.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After the accident, the doctors said that he would need many months to fully ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The patient was expected to make a full ____ and return to normal activities within six weeks.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English recoveren, rekeveren, from Anglo-Norman recoverer and Old French recovrer, from Latin recuperāre, alternative form of reciperāre. Doublet of recuperate. The noun is from Middle English recover, from the verb.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"And Dauid recouered all that the Amalekites had caried away: and Dauid reſcued his two wiues."
— 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 30:18, column 1:
"Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago. Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head."
— 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
"All the comrades of the Party must strive with maximum courage and unswerving determination, together with our compatriots of the whole country, to carry out our historic task of recovering the mainland and reshaping the Chinese nation."
— 1979 December 16, Ching-kuo Chiang, “Chairman Chiang Ching-kuo's Opening Address to the KMT Plenum”, in 自由中國週報 [Free China Weekly], volume XX, number 49, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3, column 1:
"Network Rail doesn't expect the line through Carmont to open for around a month, as it faces the mammoth task of recovering the two power cars and four coaches from ScotRail's wrecked train, repairing bridge 325, stabilising earthworks around the landslip, and replacing the track."
— 2020 August 26, “Network News: Mid-September before line reopens, says Network Rail”, in Rail, page 10:
"Whether you need to recover from a stressful day, a strenuous workout or even an injury or surgery, restorative yoga may be just the thing for you."
— 2017 February 17, Dana Santas, “Recovering from surgery or stress? Yoga can help”, in CNN:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After the accident, the doctors said that he would need many months to fully ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The patient was expected to make a full ____ and return to normal activities within six weeks.