adj
Meaning 1
Capable of being regained or recovered.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- recoverable data
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
recoverable
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.
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Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Restorable from sickness, faintness, danger, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Capable of being brought back to a former condition, or recovered from.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- a recoverable error
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Obtainable from a debtor or possessor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- recoverable debt
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
Amounts of reinsurance coverage that are due from a reinsurer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: accounting, business, finance
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 6
capable of being recovered or regained
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- recoverable truth of a past event
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: unrecoverable
History
Etymology
From Middle English recoverabille, recoverable, recovererabyll (error), equivalent to recover + -able.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- German: rückholbar — capable of being regained or recovered
- German: rückgewinnbar — capable of being regained or recovered
- German: wiederherstellbar — capable of being regained or recovered
- Portuguese: recuperável — capable of being regained or recovered
- German: heilbar — restorable from sickness, faintness, danger, etc.
- German: genesungsfähig — restorable from sickness, faintness, danger, etc.
- German: erholungsfähig — restorable from sickness, faintness, danger, etc.
- German: wiederherstellungsfähig — restorable from sickness, faintness, danger, etc.
- Portuguese: recuperável — restorable from sickness, faintness, danger, etc.
- German: wiederherstellbar — capable of being brought back to a former condition
- German: wiederherstellungsfähig — capable of being brought back to a former condition
- German: erzielbar — obtainable from a debtor or possessor
- German: holbar — obtainable from a debtor or possessor
- German: eintreibbar — obtainable from a debtor or possessor
- German: wiedergewinnbar — obtainable from a debtor or possessor
- Portuguese: recuperável — obtainable from a debtor or possessor