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recover

Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈkʌvə/

The English word “recover” has 16 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To get back, to regain (a physical thing; in astronomy and navigation, sight of a thing or a signal).
  2. To salvage, to extricate, to rescue (a thing or person).
  3. To replenish to, resume (a good state of mind or body).
  4. To obtain a positive judgement; to win in a lawsuit.
  5. To gain as compensation or reparation, usually by formal legal process.
  6. To reach (a place), arrive at.
  7. To restore to good health, consciousness, life etc.
  8. To make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury of.
  9. To regain one's composure, balance etc.
  10. To get better, to regain health or prosperity.
  11. To recover from.
  12. To cover again.
  13. To add a new roof membrane or steep-slope covering over an existing one.

noun

  1. Recovery.
  2. A position of holding a firearm during exercises, whereby the lock is at shoulder height and the sling facing out.
  3. The forward movement in rowing, after one stroke to take another (recovery).

Etymology

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.

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