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Recover has 9 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

Recovery.

"After weeks of illness, he finally recovered his strength and returned to work."

Verb
1

get or find back; recover the use of

"She regained control of herself"

"She found her voice and replied quickly"

2

get over an illness or shock

"The patient is recuperating"

3

regain a former condition after a financial loss

"We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90"

"The company managed to recuperate"

4

regain or make up for

"recuperate one's losses"

5

reuse (materials from waste products)

"The factory recovers metals from electronic scrap to manufacture new components."

6

cover anew

"recover a chair"

7

To get back, to regain (a physical thing; in astronomy and navigation, sight of a thing or a signal).

"After the roof was stripped away, they worked to recover it before the storm returned."

8

To cover again.

In plain English: To recover means to get back something you lost, such as your phone after it was stolen.

"She was able to recover from her cold after taking some rest and drinking plenty of water."

Usage: Use recover when you mean getting something lost or stolen back into your possession. It is often confused with retrieve, but emphasize the restoration of what was previously yours rather than simply finding it again.

Example Sentences
"She was able to recover from her cold after taking some rest and drinking plenty of water." verb
"After losing his wallet, he recovered it from the trash can just before noon." verb
"It took her several weeks to recover fully after the flu hit hard last winter." verb
"The team managed to recover their confidence quickly following that unexpected loss." verb
Related Terms
Antonyms
drop
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
get better revert recycle cover
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
access perk up snap back rally make up

Origin

The word "recover" comes from the Latin recuperare, which originally meant to get something back or regain possession. It entered English through Anglo-Norman and Old French before evolving into its modern sense of healing or regaining health.

Rhyming Words
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