recover

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To get back, to regain (a physical thing; in astronomy and navigation, sight of a thing or a signal).
2. (transitive) To salvage, to extricate, to rescue (a thing or person).
3. (transitive) To replenish to, resume (a good state of mind or body).
4. (intransitive) To obtain a positive judgement; to win in a lawsuit.
5. (transitive) To gain as compensation or reparation, usually by formal legal process.
6. (obsolete, transitive) To reach (a place), arrive at.
7. (archaic, transitive) To restore to good health, consciousness, life etc.
8. (archaic, transitive) To make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury of.
9. (intransitive) To regain one's composure, balance etc.
10. (intransitive) To get better, to regain health or prosperity.
11. (archaic, transitive) To recover from.

Noun

1. (obsolete) Recovery.
2. A position of holding a firearm during exercises, whereby the lock is at shoulder height and the sling facing out.
3. (dated) The forward movement in rowing, after one stroke to take another (recovery).

Synonyms

recuperate

heal

regain

get better

get well

retrieve

cure

revive

convalesce

get back

recoup

restore

reclaim

rally

improve

find

🔍

escape

cured

redeem

survive

recapture

get over

be healed

repossess

remedy

care for

take back

become healthy

treat

save

rebound

pull through

come round

pick up

win back

regain health

healed

rescue

resuscitate

go back

rehabilitate

criticize

reprimand

renew

repay

reinstate

reimburse

reproach

admonish

mend

Translations

genesen

récupérer

guarire

guérir

recuperar

recouvrer

genezen

curar

retrouver

🔍

recobrar

ricuperare

se remettre

helen

sanar

sich erholen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈkʌvə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: recoveren

In summary

From Middle English recoveren, rekeveren, from Anglo-Norman recoverer and Old French recovrer, from Latin recuperāre, alternative form of reciperāre. Doublet of recuperate.
The noun is from Middle English recover, from the verb.

Sentences

It took some time for Jarvis to recover from his injuries .

The planet's core is made of solid gold , but every traveller attempting to recover some didn't return .