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recover

verb

get over an illness or shock

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Word Facts

Word length
7
Starts with
R
Ends with
R
Contains
EC
Scrabble score
12
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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Definitions

verb

  1. get over an illness or shock

    “The patient is recuperating”

verb

  1. regain a former condition after a financial loss

    “We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90”

verb

  1. cover anew

    “recover a chair”

verb

  1. reuse (materials from waste products)

verb

  1. get or find back; recover the use of

    “She regained control of herself”

verb

  1. regain or make up for

    “recuperate one's losses”

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Example Sentences

The patient is recuperating
We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90
The company managed to recuperate
recover a chair
She regained control of herself
She found her voice and replied quickly
recuperate one's losses

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