recovery
English
Alternative forms
- recovre (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman recoverie, from Old French recovree, from recovrer (“recover”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹɪˈkʌvəɹi/
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Noun
recovery (countable and uncountable, plural recoveries)
- The act or process of regaining or repossession of something lost.
- A return to normal health.
- A return to former status or position.
- The act of regaining the natural position after curtseying.
- The act of regaining the position of guard after making an attack, in fencing, sparring, etc.
- (economics) Renewed growth after a slump.
- (law) A verdict giving somebody the right to recover debts or costs.
- (mining) The extraction of an ore from a mine, or of a metal from an ore
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Translations
act or process of regaining or repossession of something lost
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return to normal health
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return to former status
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economics: renewed growth after a slump
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