(recoveries)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If a sick person makes a ~, he or she becomes well again.
He made a remarkable ~ from a shin injury...
N-VAR
2.
When there is a ~ in a country’s economy, it improves.
Interest-rate cuts have failed to bring about economic ~...
N-VAR
3.
You talk about the ~ of something when you get it back after it has been lost or stolen.
A substantial reward is being offered for the ~ of a painting by Turner...
N-UNCOUNT: usu N of n
4.
You talk about the ~ of someone’s physical or mental state when they return to this state.
...the abrupt loss and ~ of consciousness.
N-UNCOUNT: N of n
5.
If someone is in ~, 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 ~.
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