verb
Meaning 1
To recover from an illness or injury.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
get well
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verb
Meaning 2
To recover from financial straits.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Topics: business
Examples
- With a single blockbuster, the studio got well.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
improve in health
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He got well fast
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: get over, bounce back
Antonyms: get worse
Broader terms: better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: լավանալ (lavanal) — to recover from illness or injury
- Central Bikol: rahay — to recover from illness or injury
- Cherokee: ᎤᏗᏫᏍᎦ (udiwisga) — to recover from illness or injury
- Dutch: beterschap — to recover from illness or injury
- Latin: sanescō — to recover from illness or injury
- Romanian: se face bine — to recover from illness or injury
- Russian: поправля́ться (popravljátʹsja) — to recover from illness or injury
- Russian: попра́виться (poprávitʹsja) — to recover from illness or injury