RECOVERY


Meaning of RECOVERY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ rɪkʌvəri ]

( recoveries)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

If a sick person makes a recovery , he or she becomes well again.

He made a remarkable recovery from a shin injury...

N-VAR

2.

When there is a recovery in a country’s economy, it improves.

Interest-rate cuts have failed to bring about economic recovery...

N-VAR

3.

You talk about the recovery of something when you get it back after it has been lost or stolen.

A substantial reward is being offered for the recovery of a painting by Turner...

N-UNCOUNT : usu N of n

4.

You talk about the recovery of someone’s physical or mental state when they return to this state.

...the abrupt loss and recovery of consciousness.

N-UNCOUNT : N of n

5.

If someone is in recovery , they are being given a course of treatment to help them recover from something such as a drug habit or mental illness.

...Carole, a compulsive pot smoker and alcoholic in recovery.

PHRASE

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