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recovery

recovery

264 3.0
Getting better after illness or injury
  • noun
  • /rɪˈkʌvəri/
translation icon : recuperación
  • And I'm still almost three years later going through recovery from that injury.
  • full recovery
  • make a full recovery
  • treatment and recovery

And I've been in recovery for two years.

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Examples

  • I remember Luke's leaning over me in the recovery room as I came out of anaesthesia.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • And I've been in recovery for two years.

  • I was sick, and I had to go into recovery for a while.

  • Will you give me the statistics for the recovery rates of the patients?

  • Blake is alive, and if not well, at least on the road to recovery.

  • And that's when the process of recovery started.

  • We can all rest a little easier at night now that he's on the path to recovery.

  • One of the best predictors of good recovery and sleep was caffeine.

  • You're making a remarkable recovery, from what I've observed and what they tell me.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • After her surgery, the doctor assured her that the recovery process would take about six weeks.

Synonyms

healing
vsrecovery
344 2.1

The body's natural process of getting better after injury or illness

is wider, including deliberate treatments and mental improvement
rehabilitation
vsrecovery
  • Specialized
23 4.0

Help to make someone's body move and work again after injury or illness

is broader, covering all forms of return to normal health or strength
regeneration
vsrecovery
19 5.8

Making something new and stronger after damage

is the practical process of going back to normal health or strength
recuperation
vsrecovery
7 5.6

A period of rest when you slowly get healthier after illness or injury

is broader, covering physical and mental return to normal after problems
convalescence
vsrecovery
  • Formal
4 7.6

A time of rest when someone slowly gets stronger after an illness or injury

is the general process of regaining normal health and strength
bounce-back
vsrecovery
1 3.4

A quick recovery after a setback

is neutral about speed and covers both slow and fast returns
physical rehabilitation
vsrecovery
  • Specialized
1 3.4

A process that helps people get back strength and movement after illness, injury, or disability

is more general, including mental improvement and overall return to normal
reconditioning
vsrecovery
  • Specialized
1 4.8

To restore muscle strength and movement by exercise after injury

is more general, covering return to normal beyond physical fitness
pathway to recovery
vsrecovery
3.4

A process someone follows to get better after illness, injury, or hard times

is the overall process of returning to normal health or strength
physical restoration
vsrecovery
  • Specialized
4.1

Care that helps someone regain movement and strength after an injury

is broader, applying to overall return to normal health and strength

Antonyms

693 1.1

A time when a person is sick and cannot do normal things

43 5.9

A slow change when something like a building or a person's health becomes worse

Compounds

A hospital room where nurses watch patients as they wake from anesthesia

A United States program from 1948 to 1952 that gave money to rebuild Europe after World War II

A process someone follows to get better after illness, injury, or hard times

A stage in getting better after illness, injury, or addiction

How Healthy

wellness
52 3.2
health
1.0
recovery
264 3.0
convalescence
  • Formal
4 7.6
illness
693 1.1

Surface Forms

recovery singular
recoveries plural

Morphology

recovery = recover (transparent) = recover + y

This sense is a regular noun formation from the verb 'recover' referring to the process or result of recovering.

Etymology

The word recovery comes from the parts re- 'again' and cover 'to take or hide'. Imagine taking back your strength or health, so recovery means getting better and returning to normal strength.