recover

(rĭ-kŭv'ər)

v., -ered, -er·ing, -ers.

v.tr.

1. To get back; regain.
2. To restore (oneself) to a normal state: He recovered himself after a slip on the ice.
3. To compensate for: She recovered her losses.
4. To procure (usable substances, such as metal) from unusable substances, such as ore or waste.
5. To bring under observation again: "watching the comet since it was first recovered-first spotted since its 1910 visit" (Christian Science Monitor).

v.intr.

1. To regain a normal or usual condition, as of health.
2. To receive a favorable judgment in a lawsuit.

[Middle English recoveren, from Old French recoverer, from Latin recuperāre. See recuperate.]

recoverable re·cov'er·a·ble adj.
recoverer re·cov'er·er n.

SYNONYMS   recover, regain, recoup, retrieve. These verbs mean to get back something lost or taken away. Recover is the least specific: The police recovered the stolen car. "In a few days Mr. Barnstaple had recovered strength of body and mind" (H.G. Wells). Regain suggests success in recovering something that has been taken from one: "hopeful to regain/Thy Love" (John Milton). To recoup is to get back the equivalent of something lost: earned enough profit to recoup her expenses. Retrieve pertains to the effortful recovery of something (retrieved the ball) or to the making good of something gone awry: "By a brilliant coup he has retrieved . . . a rather serious loss" (Samuel Butler).

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verb

1. To get back: recoup, regain, repossess, retrieve. See get/lose.
2. To extricate from an undesirable state: reclaim, redeem, rescue, salvage. See help/harm/harmless.
3. To regain one's health: come around (or round), convalesce, gain, improve, mend, perk up, rally, recuperate. See health/sickness.

v

Definition: find again
Antonyms: lose, mislay, miss

v

Definition: improve in health
Antonyms: decline, deteriorate, go downhill, wane

n. (the recover) a defined position of a firearm forming part of a military drill: bring the firelock to the recover.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - få tilbage, komme på fode igen, få tilkendt (erstatning)
v. intr. - klare sig, komme sig
n. - tilbagegang til udgangspositionen i fægtning

Nederlands (Dutch)
herstellen, herwinnen, herkrijgen, toegewezen krijgen, bijkomen, redden van, hervinden, winnen voor hergebruik (uit afval etc.), opnieuw bekleden/bedekken

Français (French)
v. tr. - retrouver, récupérer, repêcher, recouvrer (une dette, un prêt), récupérer (de l'uranium), reconquérir
v. intr. - (gén, Méd) se remettre, se rétablir, se ressaisir, (Écon, Fin) se redresser, remonter, (Jur) obtenir gain de cause
n. - récupération, rétablissement

Deutsch (German)
v. - wiederfinden, erhalten, zurückbekommen, wiedergutmachen, zurückholen, Schadenersatz erhalten, sich erholen
n. - (Sport) Ausgangsstellung

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ανακτώ, ξαναπαίρνω, ξανακερδίζω, ξαναποκτώ, ξαναβρίσκω, αναρρώνω, γιατρεύομαι, συνέρχομαι, παίρνω αποζημίωση, αποζημιώνω/-ομαι, ξανασκεπάζω

Italiano (Italian)
ritrovare, ricuperare, rimettersi, riprendersi

Português (Portuguese)
v. - recuperar, restabelecer

Русский (Russian)
вернуть, взыскать, поправиться

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - recuperar, rescatar, recobrar, convalecer, reponerse de, restablecerse de, curarse de, volver a cubrir o tapar
v. intr. - reponerse, restablecerse, curarse, convalecer
n. - recuperación

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - återvinna, ta igen, erhålla skadestånd, repa sig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
重新获得, 使改过, 恢复, 恢复健康, 恢复原状, 胜诉, 修改损坏磁片的命令

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 重新獲得, 使改過, 恢復
v. intr. - 恢復健康, 恢復, 恢復原狀, 勝訴
n. - 修改損壞磁片的命令

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 되찾다, 회복하다, 회개 시키다
v. intr. - 회복되다, 복구되다
n. - 수비 자세로 돌아감

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 取り戻す, 回復する, 償う, 改心させる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يستعيد, يشفى, يسترد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮החזיר לעצמו, קיבל בחזרה, כיסה מחדש‬
v. intr. - ‮התאושש, החלים‬
n. - ‮חזרה לעמדת המוצא (בסיוף)‬

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