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recover

/ recover /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
regain a former condition after a financial loss
"We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90"
"The company managed to recuperate"
Type of:
revert return retrovert
Kinds of:
rally rebound
Derived:
recovery
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
verb Sense 2
cover anew
"recover a chair"
Type of:
cover
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 3
get or find back; recover the use of
"She regained control of herself"
"She found her voice and replied quickly"
Type of:
get acquire
Kinds of:
access
Derived:
restitution return restoration regaining recovery
Verb group:
find regain
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody INFINITIVE
verb Sense 4
regain or make up for
"recuperate one''s losses"
Type of:
get acquire
Kinds of:
make up catch up with
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 5
get over an illness or shock
"The patient is recuperating"
Opposites:
devolve deteriorate drop degenerate
Type of:
better improve ameliorate
Kinds of:
perk up perk percolate pick up gain vigor
Derived:
convalescent convalescence recuperation recovery
Verb group:
recuperate
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 6
of materials from waste products
Type of:
recycle reprocess reuse
Derived:
reclamation
Entails:
save preserve
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Semantic Complexity
54%
Sense Count
6
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
44
Times Searched
2
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revert return retrovert rally rebound cover get acquire access make up catch up with better