reclamation

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˌrɛkləˈmeɪʃən/ UK /ˌrɛkləˈmeɪʃən/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
the act of reclaiming land or recovering useful material from waste

Decades of reclamation turned the marsh into productive farmland.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the act of reclaiming land... recovery restoration redemption reuse salvage recycling

Word family

Related forms reclaim claim clamor

Etymology

From Latin reclamatio ('a crying out against'), from reclamare ('to cry out, protest'), from re- ('back') + clamare ('to cry out, shout').

reclamatio Latin clamare Latin

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# reclamation

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌrɛkləˈmeɪʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌrɛkləˈmeɪʃən/

## Meanings
1. the act of reclaiming land or recovering useful material from waste

## Examples
- Decades of reclamation turned the marsh into productive farmland.

## Synonyms
- recovery
- restoration
- redemption
- reuse
- salvage
- recycling

## Related Forms
- reclaim
- claim
- clamor

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: reclamatio
- Root: clamare

## Etymology
From Latin reclamatio ('a crying out against'), from reclamare ('to cry out, protest'), from re- ('back') + clamare ('to cry out, shout').

## AI Etymology
Reclamation comes from Latin reclamatio ('a crying out against'), from reclamare ('to cry out, protest'), from re- ('back') + clamare ('to cry out, shout'). The historical chain includes Latin reclamatio and Latin clamare. Older glosses in the chain include "a crying out against", "to cry out, protest", "back", and "to cry out, shout", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, reclamation is best read as compound and borrowing, yielding an English noun shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as a noun, with the sense "the act of reclaiming land or recovering useful material from waste". related forms include reclaim, claim, and clamor. The result is an English noun whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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