RECOVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does recover mean? 

• RECOVER (verb)
  The verb RECOVER has 6 senses:

1. get or find back; recover the use of

2. get over an illness or shock

3. regain a former condition after a financial loss

4. regain or make up for

5. reuse (materials from waste products)

6. cover anew

  Familiarity information: RECOVER used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RECOVER (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they recover    ... he / she / it recovers   
Past simple: recovered   
Past participle: recovered   
-ing form: recovering   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Get or find back; recover the use of

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

find; recover; regain; retrieve

Context example:

She found her voice and replied quickly

Hypernyms (to "recover" is one way to...):

acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)

Verb group:

find; regain (come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "recover"):

access (obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody

Derivation:

recoverer (someone who saves something from danger or violence)

recovery (the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Get over an illness or shock

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

convalesce; recover; recuperate

Context example:

The patient is recuperating

Hypernyms (to "recover" is one way to...):

ameliorate; better; improve; meliorate (get better)

Verb group:

recuperate (restore to good health or strength)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "recover"):

gain vigor; percolate; perk; perk up; pick up (gain or regain energy)

snap back (recover quickly)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

recovery (gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Regain a former condition after a financial loss

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

go back; recover; recuperate

Context example:

The company managed to recuperate

Hypernyms (to "recover" is one way to...):

regress; retrovert; return; revert; turn back (go back to a previous state)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "recover"):

rally; rebound (return to a former condition)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

recovery (return to an original state)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Regain or make up for

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

recoup; recover; recuperate

Context example:

recuperate one's losses

Hypernyms (to "recover" is one way to...):

acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "recover"):

catch up with; make up (make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 5

Meaning:

Reuse (materials from waste products)

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

reclaim; recover

Hypernyms (to "recover" is one way to...):

recycle; reprocess; reuse (use again after processing)

"Recover" entails doing...:

preserve; save (to keep up and reserve for personal or special use)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 6

Meaning:

Cover anew

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

recover a chair

Hypernyms (to "recover" is one way to...):

cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

In a few days I had so far recovered my health that I could sit up all day, and walk out sometimes.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

The results suggested that the two treatments were equally effective at helping the patients recover from their strokes.

(Researchers get a handle on how to control blood sugar after stroke, National Institutes of Health)

He gave his friend a few seconds to recover his composure, and then approached the question he had come to put.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Fortunately, when oxygen levels were restored, most ocean creatures recovered some visual function, indicating that short-term periods of low oxygen may not cause permanent damage.

(Low ocean oxygen levels can blind sea creatures, National Science Foundation)

Already the ape-men were recovering from their panic.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

With standard care, beneficial bacteria typically take many weeks to recover from antibiotic treatment, leaving patients at risk of other infectious diseases, including Clostridium difficile.

(Fecal microbiota transplantation helps restore beneficial bacteria in cancer patients, National Institutes of Health)

The findings suggest that it is possible to recover from the disease without intensive lifestyle interventions or extreme calorie restrictions.

(Type 2 diabetes remission possible with ‘achievable’ weight loss, University of Cambridge)

Mrs. March was the first to recover herself, and held up her hand with a warning, "Hush! Remember Beth." But it was too late.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

These results suggest that 8 weeks may not be enough time for many donors to sufficiently recover lost iron, particularly without taking iron supplements.

(Iron Supplements Hasten Recovery in Blood Donors, NIH)

Such a letter was not to be soon recovered from.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)