to recover
- verb
- /rɪˈkʌvər/
- It took him several weeks to recover from the illness, but he is finally feeling better.
- recover completely
- recover fully
- patients recover
So we created a way for couples to recover from affairs.
- So we created a way for couples to recover from affairs.
- After the night, how do they recover so fully?
- And I think it's hard to recover when your mind is always on.
- Like I need a few years to recover from the craziness.
- A young person responds, they recover faster, etcetera.
- Main Street shut down, Wall Street recovered all within six weeks.
- Seriously, though, I applaud Chris Rock for recovering, keeping the show moving.
- We have to recover reason in our politics.
- That little harmless young man with a dream to recover from his burns.
- And some of them don't, don't recover because you don't understand it.
- So Tadecki says he will recover his equilibrium in time.
- Those as a group tended to recover from divorce better.
- So you've never lost the capacity to recover that sense.
Examples
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But with enough effort, one should always be able to recover information of any kind.
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And I think it's hard to recover when your mind is always on.
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After the night, how do they recover so fully?
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Your vision should recover in a couple of hours.
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It's my hope that this content helps you recover and heal from these situations.
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Every day, find some time to recover and renew against stress.
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We're struggling and recovering from a long illness.
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One of the ways they recover is by doing ice baths.
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What can someone do to recover from PTSD?
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His older sister has leukemia and is currently in the hospital recovering from a bone marrow transplant.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
Return to a previous place, topic, or state
To return to how it was before
Have again something you had before it was lost or taken
To get back an ability, feeling, or quality you had before
To become healthy again after an injury, illness, or emotional pain
To get something back after losing it
Make someone feel healthy and full of energy again
To go and get something and bring it back, for example a dog bringing a ball
To get back something you lost or gave away
To make a person conscious again after fainting
Get better quickly after an illness, problem, or setback
To get back to normal after a problem
To bring back something that stopped or was lost
Get back someone or something you lost
To get better after being ill, injured, or very tired
To bring back a past feeling or quality
To get back money you lost, for example costs or an investment
To become awake or aware again
To get something back after you lose or give it up
To spend time getting stronger and healthier after an illness or operation
Get back to a previous good level of ability after a time of decline
Give back something lost or stolen to its owner
To get something back after you lose it
Antonyms
How Recovered
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Recover comes from Latin parts re- 'again' and capere 'to take', as in capture, so to recover is to 'take back' something like health, strength, or lost things.