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- pronunciation:
- rih
kuh
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 r
- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
recovers, recovering, recovered |
| definition 1: |
When a person or animal recovers from an illness or injury, they become healthy or feel normal again. When a thing recovers, it returns to a good or normal condition after being damaged.
Joe had a very bad cold, but, fortunately, he recovered from it quickly.Ariel's doctor told her that it would take several weeks for her broken arm to recover.The forest eventually recovered from the fire.- similar words:
- heal
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| definition 2: |
When you recover something, you get it back.
Ava recovered her missing hat. It was in the lost and found at the school's front desk.- synonyms:
- retrieve
- similar words:
- find
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| related words: |
return, spring |
| derivations: |
recoverable (adj.), recovering (adj.) |
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