recovery
A return to normal healthA return to normal health.
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» There is no hope of his recovery.
Es besteht keine Hoffnung auf seine Genesung. — Yorwba
Нет никакой надежды на его выздоровление. — marafon
Немає жодної надії на його видужання. — deniko
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Examples
161 sentencesThere is no hope of his recovery.
Немає жодної надії на його видужання. — deniko
ruНет никакой надежды на его выздоровление. — marafon
deEs besteht keine Hoffnung auf seine Genesung. — Yorwba
Tom made a full recovery.
Том повністю одужав. — deniko
ruТом полностью выздоровел. — marafon
Tom has made a full recovery.
deTom hat sich vollständig erholt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Meaning
10 senses(countable, uncountable)A return to normal health.
I hope you make a full recovery.
Genesung, Erholung, Gesundung
выздоровле́ниеvyzdorovlénije, попра́вкаpoprávka
ви́дужанняvýdužannja, оду́жанняodúžannja
(countable, uncountable)The act or process of regaining or repossession of something lost.
Wiedererlangung, Wiedergewinnung, Zurückgewinnung
возвра́тvozvrát, получе́ние вновьpolučénije vnovʹ, получе́ние обра́тноpolučénije obrátno
the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost)
A return to former status or position.
(countable, uncountable)The act of regaining the natural position after curtseying.
Wiederherstellung, Erholung
восстановле́ниеvosstanovlénije, оздоровле́ниеozdorovlénije
More meanings 7
(countable, uncountable)Renewed growth after a slump.
Erholung
оживле́ниеoživlénije, восстановле́ниеvosstanovlénije, рекупера́цияrekuperácija
The act or process of regaining or repossession of something lost.
(colloquial, countable, uncountable)A clever verbal solution to an embarrassing verbal mistake.
When I realized I'd called my teacher "Mom" again, I made a quick recovery saying that she loves me so much that she reminds me of my mother.
A return to former status or position.
(countable, uncountable)The act of regaining the position of guard after making an attack, in fencing, sparring, etc.
(countable, uncountable)The recovery of debt.
(countable, uncountable)A verdict giving somebody the right to recover debts or costs.
(countable, uncountable)The extraction of an ore from a mine, or of a metal from an ore
(countable, uncountable)The ability to recover or regain health.
Origin
From recover + -y, from Middle English recoveree, from Old French recovree, from recovrerFrom recover + -y, from Middle English recoveree, from Old French recovree, from recovrer (“recover”).
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Forms
plural: recoveriesSynonyms
3 synonyms- gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury:convalescencerecuperation
- the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost):retrieval
Word family
24 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.