English Explanatory Dictionary

recovery

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act or process of regaining or repossession of something lost.
  2. A clever verbal solution to an embarrassing verbal mistake.
  3. A return to normal health.
  4. A return to former status or position.
  5. The act of regaining the natural position after curtseying.
  6. The act of regaining the position of guard after making an attack, in fencing, sparring, etc.
  7. Renewed growth after a slump.
  8. The recovery of debt.
  9. A verdict giving somebody the right to recover debts or costs.
  10. The extraction of an ore from a mine, or of a metal from an ore
  11. The ability to recover or regain health.

Pronunciation

/ɹɪˈkʌvəɹi/ /ɹɪˈkʌvɹi/ /ɹəˈkʌvəɹi/ /ɹəˈkʌvɹi/ En-us-recovery.ogg

Word forms

recovery recoveries recovre

Etymology

From Middle English recoveree, from Old French recovree, from recovrer (“recover”).

Synonyms

recuperation convalescence

Related words

recover

Derived words

advanced meat recovery antirecovery biorecovery common recovery cryorecovery data recovery elastic recovery materials recovery facility meeting recovery syndrome neurorecovery nonrecovery osmorecovery overrecovery photorecovery precovery prorecovery recovery boiler recovery CD recovery disc recovery moment recovery position recovery room recovery time recovery truck recovery vehicle rerecovery W-shaped recovery

Translations

Arabic: اِسْتِعَادَة Bulgarian: възстановяване Bulgarian: възвръщане Catalan: recuperació Chinese Mandarin: 恢復 /恢复 Dutch: terugwinning Dutch: herstel Finnish: talteenotto Finnish: palautuminen Finnish: elpyminen French: récupération French: rétablissement French: recouvrement Galician: recuperación Georgian: მორჩენა German: Wiedererlangung German: Wiedergewinnung German: Zurückgewinnung German: Wiederherstellung German: Erholung Greek: ανάκτηση Hebrew: השבה Hungarian: visszaszerzés Hungarian: visszanyerés Hungarian: talpra állás Hungarian: helyreállás Interlingua: recuperation Irish: aisghabháil Italian: recupero Italian: ricupero Japanese: 回収 Latin: sanatio Middle English: recoveraunce Middle English: recoveryng Middle English: recoverer Middle English: recovere Norwegian Bokmål: berging Norwegian Nynorsk: berging Portuguese: recuperação Romanian: recuperare Russian: возвра́т Russian: получе́ние вновь Russian: получе́ние обра́тно Russian: восстановле́ние Russian: оздоровле́ние Spanish: recobro
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