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Meaning of 'recover'
Meaning of 'recover' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Recover 
[ n.]
- Recovery. [ n.]2. Recover [ v. i.]
- To regain health after sickness; to grow well; to be
restored or cured; hence, to regain a former state or condition after
misfortune, alarm, etc.; -- often followed by of or from; as, to
recover from a state of poverty; to recover from fright. [ v. i.]- To make one's way; to come; to arrive.
- To obtain a judgement; to succeed in a lawsuit; as, the plaintiff has recovered in his suit.
3. Recover [ v. t.]
- To cover again. [ v. t.]- To get or obtain again; to get renewed possession of; to win back; to regain.
- To make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury of; as, to recover lost time.
- To restore from sickness, faintness, or the like; to bring back to life or health; to cure; to heal.
- To overcome; to get the better of, -- as a state of mind or body.
- To rescue; to deliver.
- To gain by motion or effort; to obtain; to reach; to come to.
- To gain as a compensation; to obtain in return for injury or debt; as, to recover damages in trespass; to recover debt and costs in a suit at law; to obtain title to by judgement in a court of law; as, to recover lands in ejectment or common recovery; to gain by legal process; as, to recover judgement against a defendant.
Meaning of 'recover' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. recover [ v]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- cover anew
- cover anew
Example in sentence:
- recover a chair
Meaning (2):
- regain or make up for
- regain or make up for
Example in sentence:
- recuperate one's losses
Meaning (3):
- get or find back; recover the use of
- get or find back; recover the use of
Example in sentence:
- She found her voice and replied quickly;
- She regained control of herself
Meaning (4):
- get over an illness or shock
- get over an illness or shock
Example in sentence:
- The patient is recuperating
Meaning (5):
- regain a former condition after a financial loss
- regain a former condition after a financial loss
Example in sentence:
- The company managed to recuperate;
- We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90
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