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[ ri-kuhv-er-uh-buhl ] / rɪˈkʌv ər ə bəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR recoverable ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveable to recover or be recovered: a patient now believed to be recoverable; recoverable losses on his investments. Origin of recoverablelate Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; see origin at recover, -able OTHER WORDS FROM recoverablere·cov·er·a·bil·i·ty, re·cov·er·a·ble·ness, nounnon·re·cov·er·a·ble, adjectiveun·re·cov·er·a·ble, adjectiveWords nearby recoverablerecount, recountal, recoup, recourse, recover, recoverable, recoverable error, recovered memory, recovery, recovery room, recovery stock Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for recoverableThere is definitively a post-concussion time period during which children suffer from recoverable cognitive and emotional changes. Study Says Half of Jailed NYC Teens Have History of Brain Injury|Dr. Anand Veeravagu, MD, Tej Azad|April 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST If you don't do continuous maintenance, you may permanently lose some of your recoverable oil. Why Hugo Chavez Was Bad for Venezuela|Megan McArdle|March 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST For a short time Bonin did put the nose down and the situation was recoverable. Who’s to Blame for Flight 447?|Clive Irving|July 29, 2011|DAILY BEAST Where the risk had not attached, money paid by way of premium or otherwise shall be recoverable from the insurer. Harper's Pictorial Library of the World War, Volume XII|Various
Had the whole sum been recoverable it might have saved the Budget of a Chancellor of the Exchequer struggling with a deficit. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2)|George Jacob Holyoake I fondly catch, I confess, at any of these recoverable lights; finding them at the best too scant for my commemorative purpose. Notes of a Son and Brother|Henry James The names of monasteries in the Jordan Valley, otherwise unnoticed, are recoverable in his account. Palestine|Claude Reignier Conder Are the entire songs, of which the above lines form the commencements, known or recoverable? Notes and Queries, Number 54, November 9, 1850|Various
Words related to recoverablerectifiable, curable, amendable, corrigible, emendable, fixable, improvable, redeemable, restorable |