recover

1 get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly" [syn: retrieve, find, regain]

2 get over an illness or shock; "The patient is recuperating" [syn: recuperate, convalesce] [ant: devolve]

3 regain a former condition after a financial loss; "We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90"; "The company managed to recuperate" [syn: go back, recuperate]

4 regain or make up for; "recuperate one's losses" [syn: recoup, recuperate]

5 of materials from waste products [syn: reclaim]

6 cover anew; "recover a chair"

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌvə(r)

Verb

1. To cover again.
2. To get better from; to recuperate.
3. To win (something) back.

Related terms

• recovery

Translations

Recovery can refer to:

• Healing, the process of recovering from an injury or illness
• The Recovery model of mental distress/disorder or substance dependency
• Recovery Plan, an American English term for a species' Biodiversity Action Plan
• Data recovery, the process of recovering data
• Recovery (metallurgy), the change of the microstructure in polycrystalline materials
• Recovery (novel), the Star Wars e-book
• Repossession
• The finding and reporting of a ringed bird (see bird ringing)
• Recovery (TV series), a TV series from ABC TV
• Recovery (TV drama), a BBC TV drama
• "Recover" (song), a song by Welsh band The Automatic
• Recovery (Runrig album), a 1981 concept album by Scottish band Runrig
• Recovery'' (EP), a 2004 EP by Missouri band Eyes of the Betrayer
• Hair of the dog or "Recovery drinking", the practice of drinking off a hangover, mainly amongst students
• Recovery, Inc., a self-help mental health program based on the work of the late Abraham A. Low, M.D.
• Recovery Version of the Bible, a translation of the Holy Bible with footnotes published by Living Stream Ministry
• Recover (band), a post-hardcore band from Austin, Texas
• Extraction of petroleum, in the extraction of petroleum, the primary, secondary or tertiary recovery

In transport

• Recovery (ship), a ship that was wrecked in 1816 on the Australian coast

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