recover
Plural: recovers
Verb
Verb Forms: recovered, recovering, recovers
- To obtain again after losing; to regain health or strength.
- get or find back; recover the use of
- get over an illness or shock
- regain a former condition after a financial loss
- "We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90"
- regain or make up for
- reuse (materials from waste products)
- cover anew
- "recover a chair"
- To get back, to regain (a physical thing; in astronomy and navigation, sight of a thing or a signal).
- To salvage, to extricate, to rescue (a thing or person).
- To replenish to, resume (a good state of mind or body).
- To obtain a positive judgement; to win in a lawsuit.
- To gain as compensation or reparation, usually by formal legal process.
- To reach (a place), arrive at.
- To restore to good health, consciousness, life etc.
- To make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury of.
- To regain one's composure, balance etc.
- To get better, to regain health or prosperity.
- To recover from.
- To cover again.
- To add a new roof membrane or steep-slope covering over an existing one.
Noun
- Recovery.
- A position of holding a firearm during exercises, whereby the lock is at shoulder height and the sling facing out.
- The forward movement in rowing, after one stroke to take another (recovery).
Examples
- After days of inquiries, he finally recovered his lost wallet.
- At the top of the hill I asked to stop for a few minutes to recover my strength.
- For days telescopes surveyed the skies to recover the small asteroid.
- He needed a good word to recover from his opponent’s triple-word score.
- I lost out in the deal, but I quickly recovered financially
- I was hurt, but I knew I’d recover, given time.
- It takes time and good health to recover from injury, surgery, a bereavement and emotional turmoil
- recover one's investment
- Spinning round, he caught a stone with his ankle, but recovered quickly before turning to face me.
- The plaintiff recovered in his suit, being awarded declaratory relief and a clearing of his name.
- They recovered three of the explorers very much alive, then another, wracked with severe hypothermia, who was taken to hospital.
- to recover damages in trespass; to recover debt and costs in a legal action or that is owing
- to recover lands in ejectment or common recovery
- to recover lost time
- To the end of his days, he never fully recovered his daughter's death.
- Without calling in Business Recovery experts, the company saw trade and investor confidence recover sharply in the wake of the crisis.
Origin / 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.
Synonyms
convalesce, find, go back, reclaim, recoup, recuperate, regain, retrieve
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 12
recover: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordrecover: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
recover: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary