noun
Meaning 1
Recovery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
recover
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈkʌvə/
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General-American: /ɹɪˈkʌvɚ/
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General-American: /ɹəˈkʌvɚ/
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rhymes with -ʌvə(ɹ)
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈkʌvə/
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General-American: /ɹiˈkʌvɚ/
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noun
Meaning 2
A position of holding a firearm during exercises, whereby the lock is at shoulder height and the sling facing out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The forward movement in rowing, after one stroke to take another (recovery).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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verb
Meaning 4
To get back, to regain (a physical thing; in astronomy and navigation, sight of a thing or a signal).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- After days of inquiries, he finally recovered his lost wallet.
- For days telescopes surveyed the skies to recover the small asteroid.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To salvage, to extricate, to rescue (a thing or person).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- They recovered three of the explorers very much alive, then another, wracked with severe hypothermia, who was taken to hospital.
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 6
To replenish to, resume (a good state of mind or body).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- At the top of the hill I asked to stop for a few minutes to recover my strength.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
To obtain a positive judgement; to win in a lawsuit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: law
Examples
- The plaintiff recovered in his suit, being awarded declaratory relief and a clearing of his name.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 8
To gain as compensation or reparation, usually by formal legal process.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: law
Examples
- 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
- recover one's investment
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: recoup
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 9
To reach (a place), arrive at.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 10
To restore to good health, consciousness, life etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 11
To make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury of.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, transitive
Examples
- to recover lost time
- 21 May, 1665, Abraham Cowley, letter to Dr. Thomas Sprat I do hope to recover my late hurt.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 12
To regain one's composure, balance etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- Spinning round, he caught a stone with his ankle, but recovered quickly before turning to face me.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 13
To get better, to regain health or prosperity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- I was hurt, but I knew I’d recover, given time.
- Without calling in Business Recovery experts, the company saw trade and investor confidence recover sharply in the wake of the crisis.
- I lost out in the deal, but I quickly recovered financially
- It takes time and good health to recover from injury, surgery, a bereavement and emotional turmoil
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 14
To recover from.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, transitive
Examples
- To the end of his days, he never fully recovered his daughter's death.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 15
To cover again.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 16
To add a new roof membrane or steep-slope covering over an existing one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, construction, manufacturing, roofing
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 17
get over an illness or shock
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The patient is recuperating
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: recuperate, convalesce
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate
Narrower terms: perk up, perk, percolate, pick up, gain vigor, snap back
verb
Meaning 18
regain a former condition after a financial loss
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90
- The company managed to recuperate
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: go back, recuperate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back
Narrower terms: rally, rebound
verb
Meaning 19
cover anew
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- recover a chair
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cover
verb
Meaning 20
reuse (materials from waste products)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: reclaim
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: recycle, reprocess, reuse
verb
Meaning 21
get or find back; recover the use of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She regained control of herself
- She found her voice and replied quickly
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: retrieve, find, regain
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: get, acquire
Narrower terms: access
verb
Meaning 22
regain or make up for
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- recuperate one's losses
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: recoup, recuperate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: get, acquire
Narrower terms: make up, catch up with
History
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.
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *h1ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h1épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h1epi Proto-Indo-European *h2wer- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Latin operiō Latin cooperiō Old French covrirbor. Middle English coveren English cover English recover From re- + cover.
Across languages
Translations
133 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Central Bikol: umay — transitive: to get back, regain
- Bulgarian: възстановявам (vǎzstanovjavam) — transitive: to get back, regain
- Bulgarian: възвръщам си (vǎzvrǎštam si) — transitive: to get back, regain
- Catalan: recuperar — transitive: to get back, regain
- Chinese Mandarin: 追回 (zhuīhuí) — transitive: to get back, regain
- Chinese Mandarin: 收复 (shōufù) — transitive: to get back, regain
- Danish: redde — transitive: to get back, regain
- Danish: få/hente/skaffe tilbage/igen — transitive: to get back, regain
- Dutch: terugwinnen — transitive: to get back, regain
- Esperanto: regajni — transitive: to get back, regain
- Esperanto: reakiri — transitive: to get back, regain
- Finnish: saada takaisin — transitive: to get back, regain
- French: recouvrer — transitive: to get back, regain
- German: zurückgewinnen — transitive: to get back, regain
- Greek: ανακτώ (anaktó) — transitive: to get back, regain
- Ancient Greek: ἀναλαμβάνω (analambánō) — transitive: to get back, regain
- Hungarian: visszaszerez — transitive: to get back, regain
- Hungarian: visszanyer — transitive: to get back, regain
- Hungarian: visszakap — transitive: to get back, regain
- Italian: ritrovare — transitive: to get back, regain
- Latin: relego — transitive: to get back, regain
- Middle English: recoveren — transitive: to get back, regain
- Portuguese: recuperar — transitive: to get back, regain
- Romanian: recupera — transitive: to get back, regain
- Russian: возвраща́ть (vozvraščátʹ) — transitive: to get back, regain
- Russian: возврати́ть (vozvratítʹ) — transitive: to get back, regain
- Russian: верну́ть (vernútʹ) — transitive: to get back, regain
- Swedish: återfå — transitive: to get back, regain
- Tagalog: ibalik — transitive: to get back, regain
- Vietnamese: lấy lại — transitive: to get back, regain
- Vietnamese: giành lại — transitive: to get back, regain
- Vietnamese: kiếm lại — transitive: to get back, regain
- Vietnamese: tìm lại được — transitive: to get back, regain
- Arabic: شُفِيَ (šufiya) — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Arabic: بَرِئَ (bariʔa) — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Armenian: ապաքինվել (apakʻinvel) — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Azerbaijani: sağalmaq — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Belarusian: ачу́ньваць (ačúnʹvacʹ) — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Belarusian: ачуня́ць (ačunjácʹ) — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Belarusian: вычу́ньваць (vyčúnʹvacʹ) — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Belarusian: вы́чуніць (výčunicʹ) — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Belarusian: здараве́ць (zdaravjécʹ) — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Belarusian: вы́здаравець (výzdaravjecʹ) — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Belarusian: папраўля́цца (paprawljácca) — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Belarusian: папра́віцца (paprávicca) — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Bulgarian: оздравя́вам (ozdravjávam) — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Bulgarian: оздраве́я (ozdravéja) — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Catalan: recuperar-se — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Chinese Mandarin: 療養 /疗养 (liáoyǎng) — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Chinese Mandarin: 復原 /复原 (fùyuán) — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Chinese Mandarin: 恢复 (huīfǜ) — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Chinese Mandarin: 康复 (kāngfù) — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Maore Comorian: uangala — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Czech: zotavit se — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Dutch: herstellen — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Dutch: beter worden — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Dutch: genezen — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Dutch: recupereren — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Esperanto: resaniĝi — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Finnish: toipua — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Finnish: palautua — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Finnish: parantua — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Finnish: tervehtyä — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- French: récupérer — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- French: guérir — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- French: se remettre — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- German: genesen — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- German: erholen — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Hungarian: felgyógyul — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Hungarian: felépül — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Hungarian: kilábal — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Hungarian: talpra áll — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Hungarian: kigyógyul — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Hungarian: meggyógyul — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Hungarian: kihever — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Hungarian: magához tér — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Hungarian: fellendül — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Icelandic: batna — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Indonesian: sembuh — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Indonesian: sembuh kembali — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Ingrian: elpyä — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Ingrian: koheta — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Italian: guarire — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Japanese: 回復する (kaifuku suru) — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Khmer: ជាសះស្បើយ (ciəsahsbaəy) — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Korean: 회복하다 (hoebokhada) — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Korean: 나아지다 (naajida) — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Middle Korean: 둏〯다〮 (tywǒhtá) — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Latin: sanescō — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Macedonian: оздравува (ozdravuva) — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Macedonian: оздрави (ozdravi) — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Māori: whakamāui — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Māori: mātūtū — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Māori: tumahu — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Middle English: recoveren — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Old English: ġewierpan — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Polish: zdrowieć — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Polish: wyzdrowieć — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Portuguese: recuperar-se — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Portuguese: melhorar — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Quechua: allinyay — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Romanian: se însănătoși — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Romanian: se face bine — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Russian: выздора́вливать (vyzdorávlivatʹ) — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Russian: вы́здороветь (výzdorovetʹ) — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Russian: поправля́ться (popravljátʹsja) — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Russian: попра́виться (poprávitʹsja) — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Scottish Gaelic: slànaich — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Slovak: zotaviť sa — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Slovak: vyzdravieť — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Spanish: reponerse — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Spanish: volver / tornar a salir adelante — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Spanish: no hundirse — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Swedish: återhämta sig — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Swedish: tillfriskna — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Swedish: vederfås — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Swedish: komma sig — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Tagalog: gumaling — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Thai: หาย (hǎai) — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Thai: ฟื้นตัว (fʉ́ʉn-dtuua) — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Turkish: iyileşmek — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Ukrainian: виду́жувати (vydúžuvaty) — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Ukrainian: ви́дужати (výdužaty) — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Ukrainian: оду́жувати (odúžuvaty) — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Ukrainian: оду́жати (odúžaty) — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Ukrainian: очу́нювати (očúnjuvaty) — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Ukrainian: очу́няти (očúnjaty) — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Ukrainian: поправля́тися (popravljátysja) — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Ukrainian: попра́витися (poprávytysja) — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Unami: wëlamàlsi — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Vietnamese: khỏi — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Vietnamese: phục hồi — intransitive: to get better, regain health
- Zazaki: weş biyayen — intransitive: to get better, regain health
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