recover

CEFRB1

/ɹɪˈkʌvə/

verb

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  1. 01

    verb

    To return to a normal or healthy condition.

  2. 02

    verb

    To get back something that was lost or taken.

Examples

  • I sincerely hope that you will soon recover from your illness.

  • The patient will soon recover from his illness.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /ɹiːˈkʌvə/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To replenish to, resume (a good state of mind or body).

  2. To salvage, to extricate, to rescue (a thing or person).

  3. To get back, to regain (a physical thing; in astronomy and navigation, sight of a thing or a signal).

More examples

In context

  • After days of inquiries, he finally recovered his lost wallet.

  • For days telescopes surveyed the skies to recover the small asteroid.

  • They recovered three of the explorers very much alive, then another, wracked with severe hypothermia, who was taken to hospital.

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Origin

verb

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.