recuperation
pronunciation
How to pronounce recuperation in British English:
UK [rɪˌku:pə'reɪʃn]
How to pronounce recuperation in American English:
US [rɪˌkupə'reɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury
Word Origin
- recuperation (n.)
- late 15c., "recovery or regaining of things," from Latin recuperationem (nominative recuperatio) "a getting back, regaining, recovery," noun of action from past participle stem of recuperare "get back, regain, get again," in Medieval Latin "revive, convalesce, recover," related to recipere (see receive). Meaning "restoration to health or vigor" is from 1865.
Example
- 1. Hartig and colleagues suggest that being stuck indoors on vacation can limit mental recuperation .
- 2. But it is more than this if we think of it as active recuperation .
- 3. Mr. kennedy spent much of the last year in treatment and recuperation , broken by occasional public appearances and a dramatic return to the capitol last summer to cast a decisive vote on a medicare bill .
- 4. This environmental psychology study suggests that being stuck indoors on vacation can limit mental recuperation .
- 5. In this context , when their prime evening motivation is recuperation and escape , advertisers have moved beyond being clutter .