recover
verb/rɪˈkʌvə(r)/
/rɪˈkʌvər/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they recover | /rɪˈkʌvə(r)/ /rɪˈkʌvər/ |
| he / she / it recovers | /rɪˈkʌvəz/ /rɪˈkʌvərz/ |
| past simple recovered | /rɪˈkʌvəd/ /rɪˈkʌvərd/ |
| past participle recovered | /rɪˈkʌvəd/ /rɪˈkʌvərd/ |
| -ing form recovering | /rɪˈkʌvərɪŋ/ /rɪˈkʌvərɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to get well again after being ill, hurt, etc.
- recover from something He's still recovering from his operation.
- She spent many weeks in hospital recovering from her injuries.
- He has fully recovered from the shoulder surgery.
- She remains in serious condition, but is expected to recover.
- The victim is recovering well at home.
Extra ExamplesTopics Health problemsb2- Mrs Burton was last night recovering from her injuries in hospital.
- She had hardly recovered from the birth of her last baby.
- Yates is struggling to recover form a serious knee injury.
- Your baby is recovering well.
- Mother and baby are recovering well.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- completely
- fully
- partially
- …
- help somebody (to)
- struggle to
- from
- [intransitive] to return to a normal state after an unpleasant or unusual experience or a period of difficulty
- recover from something It can take many years to recover from the death of a loved one.
- The economy is at last beginning to recover.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- completely
- fully
- partially
- …
- help somebody (to)
- struggle to
- from
- [transitive] recover something (from somebody/something) to get back the same amount of money that you have spent or that is owed to you synonym recoup
- He is unlikely to ever recover his legal costs.
Extra Examples- Creditors have a right to recover their debts.
- Some investors tried to recover their losses by making further high risk investments.
- [transitive] to get back or find something that was lost, stolen or missing
- recover something The police eventually recovered the stolen paintings.
- recover something from somebody/something Six bodies were recovered from the wreckage.
- [transitive] recover something to win back a position, level, status, etc. that has been lost synonym regain
- The team recovered its lead in the second half.
- [transitive] to get back the use of your senses, control of your emotions, etc. synonym regain
- recover something It took her a few minutes to recover consciousness.
- to recover your sight
- recover yourself She seemed upset but quickly recovered herself.
from illness
from something unpleasant
money
something lost/stolen
position/status
senses/emotions
Word OriginMiddle English (originally with reference to health): from Anglo-Norman French recoverer, from Latin recuperare ‘get again’.
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