recover

[[t]rɪkʌ̱və(r)[/t]]

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recovers, recovering, recovered

1) VERB When you recover from an illness or an injury, you become well again.

[V from n/-ing] He is recovering from a knee injury...

A policeman was recovering in hospital last night after being stabbed...

[V-ed] He is fully recovered from the virus.

2) VERB If you recover from an unhappy or unpleasant experience, you stop being upset by it.

[V from n] ...a tragedy from which he never fully recovered...

Her plane broke down and it was 18 hours before she got there. It took her three days to recover.

3) VERB If something recovers from a period of weakness or difficulty, it improves or gets stronger again.

[V from n] He recovered from a 4-2 deficit to reach the quarter-finals...

The stockmarket index fell by 80% before it began to recover.

4) VERB If you recover something that has been lost or stolen, you find it or get it back.

[V n] Police raided five houses in south-east London and recovered stolen goods...

[V n] Rescue teams recovered more bodies from the rubble.

Syn:

retrieve

5) VERB If you recover a mental or physical state, it comes back again. For example, if you recover consciousness, you become conscious again.

[V n] For a minute he looked uncertain, and then recovered his composure...

[V n] She had a severe attack of asthma and it took an hour to recover her breath...

[V n] She never recovered consciousness.

Syn:

regain

6) VERB If you recover money that you have spent, invested, or lent to someone, you get the same amount back.

[V n] Legal action is being taken to try to recover the money...

[V n] The British market alone was not large enough to recover their costs of production.

Syn:

recoup