recovery
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recovery
- /ɹɪˈkʌvəɹi/
- /ɹɪˈkʌvɹi/
- /ɹəˈkʌvəɹi/
- /ɹəˈkʌvɹi/
Where it comes from
From recover + -y, from Middle English recoveree, from Old French recovree, from recovrer (“recover”).
noun recoveries · recovre
- The act or process of regaining or repossession of something lost.
- A clever verbal solution to an embarrassing verbal mistake. When I realized I'd called my teacher "Mom" again, I made a quick recovery saying that she loves me so much that she reminds me of my mother.
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A return to normal health.
I hope you make a full recovery.
Similar: recuperation, convalescence
- The act of regaining the natural position after curtseying.
- The act of regaining the position of guard after making an attack, in fencing, sparring, etc.
- Renewed growth after a slump. Byford said: "There is no UK recovery from the pandemic without a London recovery, and there is no London recovery without a properly funded transport network.
- The recovery of debt.
- A verdict giving somebody the right to recover debts or costs.
- The extraction of an ore from a mine, or of a metal from an ore
- The ability to recover or regain health.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: recuperation, convalescence, retrieval, regaining, retrieve, recover, rehabilitate, reclaim, regain, rehab, recovering, resume, rehabilitation, reclamation, rehabilitative, recapture
Translations
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noun act or process of regaining or repossession of something lost
| Español | recobro |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 回収 kaishū |
| 中文 | 恢復 /恢复 huīfù |
| Português | recuperação |
| Français | récupération, rétablissement, recouvrement |
| Deutsch | Wiedererlangung, Wiedergewinnung, Zurückgewinnung |
| Italiano | recupero |
| Ελληνικά | ανάκτηση anáktisi |
| Română | recuperare |
| Русский | возвра́т vozvrát, получе́ние вновь polučénije vnovʹ, получе́ние обра́тно polučénije obrátno |
| العربية | اِسْتِعَادَة istiʕāda |
| עברית | השבה hashavah |
noun return to former status
| Español | recobro |
|---|---|
| Português | recuperação |
| Deutsch | Wiederherstellung, Erholung |
| Italiano | ricupero |
| Русский | восстановле́ние vosstanovlénije, оздоровле́ние ozdorovlénije |
noun return to normal health
| Español | recobro |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 회복 hoebok |
| 日本語 | 回復 kaifuku |
| 中文 | 復原 /复原 fùyuán, 復甦 /复苏 fùsū, 回復 /回复 huífù |
| हिन्दी | संप्राप्ति samprāpti |
| Português | recuperação |
| Français | guérison, rétablissement |
| Deutsch | Genesung, Erholung, Gesundung, Heilung |
| Italiano | recupero |
| Ελληνικά | ανάρρωση anárrosi |
| Русский | выздоровле́ние vyzdorovlénije, попра́вка poprávka |
| العربية | شِفَاء šifāʔ, تَعَافِي taʕāfī |
| עברית | החלמה hakhlamah |
noun economics: renewed growth after a slump
| Español | repunte |
|---|---|
| Português | recuperação |
| Deutsch | Erholung |
| Ελληνικά | ανάκαμψη anákampsi |
| Русский | оживле́ние oživlénije, восстановле́ние vosstanovlénije, рекупера́ция rekuperácija |
Talk about this word "recovery." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/recovery. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. recovery. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/recovery "recovery." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/recovery.Cite this
@misc{recovery_2026,
title = {recovery},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/recovery},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
