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.
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