recover
pronunciation
How to pronounce recover in British English:
UK [rɪˈkʌvə(r)]
How to pronounce recover in American English:
US [rɪˈkʌvər]
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- Verb:
- get or find back; recover the use of
- get over an illness or shock
- regain a former condition after a financial loss
- regain or make up for
- of materials from waste products
- cover anew
Word Origin
- recover
- recover: [14] Recover and recuperate [16] are ultimately the same word. Both come from Latin recuperāre ‘recover, regain’, a compound verb based on the stem cup- ‘take’ (a variant of which produced capere ‘take’, source of English captive, capture, etc). Recuperate itself was acquired directly from the Latin verb’s past participle, whereas recover was routed via Old French recoverer. (Re-cover ‘cover again’, spelled similarly but pronounced differently, also dates from the 14th century.)=> captive, capture, recuperate
- recover (v.)
- c. 1300, "to regain consciousness," from Anglo-French rekeverer (13c.), Old French recovrer "come back, return; regain health; procure, get again" (11c.), from Medieval Latin recuperare "to recover" (source of Spanish recobrar, Italian ricoverare; see recuperation). Meaning "to regain health or strength" is from early 14c.; sense of "to get (anything) back" is first attested mid-14c. Related: Recovered; recovering.
Example
- 1. Israel needs to recover its pragmatic zionism .
- 2. Among those who recover , progression is surprisingly similar .
- 3. Many value investors bet on bank stocks to recover .
- 4. So , you want to recover your stolen mind ?
- 5. It accused nasdaq of mishandling the flotation and warned it would take steps to recover the loss .