recoververb [ I or T ]
uk/rɪˈkʌv.ər/us/rɪˈkʌv.ɚ/to become completely well again after an illness or injury:
It took her a long time to recover from/after her heart operation.
He never really recovered from the shock of his wife dying.
to become successful or normal again after being damaged or having problems:
It took a long time for the economy to recover after the slump.
B1 to get back something lost or spent:
She went into a coma and died without recovering consciousness.
She was astonished to see me, but she soon recovered her composure/herself (= soon gave the appearance of being calm).
Police only recover a very small percentage of stolen goods.
The initial outlay of setting up a company is considerable and it takes a while to recover those costs.
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- The doctors say that it will take him a few weeks to recover.
- It will be impossible to recover all the misapplied charity money.
- Although she's recovering from her illness, her rate of progress is quite slow.
- Have you fully recovered from your illness?
- He looked surprised but soon recovered his self-possession.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Giving, bringing or getting back
- bring
- bring sth back
- claw
- claw sth back
- go
- go back
- money-back
- non-returnable
- put
- redeem
- replace
- restitution
- restore
- retake
- retrieve
- return
- reversion
- send
- take
- take sth back
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Recovering from illness