Recover (Verb)
Meaning 1
Cover anew; "recover a chair".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- She carefully selected a vibrant fabric to recover the old sofa in the living room.
- The antique armchair had been recover with an elegant velvet upholstery.
- To give their home a fresh look the couple decided to recover the furniture in the dining area.
- Experts carefully recovered the ancient chair with a thin layer of wood varnish.
- After years of use the family decided it was time to recover the worn-out and faded chairs on their porch.
Meaning 2
Get over an illness or shock; "The patient is recuperating".
Classification
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.
Examples
- She spent several weeks in the hospital to recover from the severe injuries she sustained in the accident.
- The child is slowly starting to recover from the flu that had kept her bedridden for a week.
- It took a year for the victim to recover from the traumatic experience of witnessing the natural disaster.
- After a grueling ordeal, the patient is expected to take months to recover from the life-threatening disease.
- The economy has yet to recover from the devastating effects of the pandemic on local businesses.
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Meaning 3
Reuse (materials from waste products).
Classification
Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
Examples
- The recycling plant will recover recyclable materials such as paper, plastic, and glass from household waste.
- Experts are working on new methods to recover metals from electronic waste in an environmentally friendly way.
- To recover more waste, the city aims to increase its recycling rate through education and awareness campaigns.
- Scientists have discovered a way to recover valuable nutrients from food waste, turning it into fertilizer.
- A startup has developed technology to recover rare earth elements from industrial waste, reducing the need for mining.
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Meaning 4
Get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly".
Classification
Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
Examples
- After a few hours of rest, she recovered the use of her voice and was able to sing again at the concert.
- The hikers recovered their mobile phone that had fallen during their descent from the mountain.
- Thanks to therapy, she recovered her mobility after being bedridden for months.
- The team worked through the night and managed to recover the data lost in the sudden server crash.
- The scientists were overjoyed when they recovered a rare specimen of the extinct insect thought to have been lost forever.
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Meaning 5
Regain a former condition after a financial loss; "We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90"; "The company managed to recuperate".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- After the market crash, it took several months for the stocks to recover to their original value.
- The tech industry expects to recover from the losses incurred during the pandemic by the end of the year.
- Experts predict the company will recover its initial investment in the new project within two years.
- The economic indicators suggest that the country will recover from its financial crisis in the next fiscal year.
- Analysts believe it will take several quarters for the company to recover from the financial losses of the failed merger.
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Meaning 6
Regain or make up for; "recuperate one's losses".
Classification
Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
Examples
- The company suffered significant financial losses, but it managed to recover from the setback within a few years.
- After a major downturn in sales, the business was finally able to recover its market share through innovative marketing strategies.
- Thanks to strategic investments, the stock market was able to recover its losses from the previous quarter.
- The tech giant made significant gains to recover losses sustained during the pandemic.
- It took months for the local economy to recover from the devastating effects of the natural disaster.