recovery B1 Topic:Health & Medicine US /ɹɪˈkʌvəɹi/ See IPA manual Freq #4917 Meanings 1 noun A return to good health after illness or injury. I hope you make a full recovery. 2 noun A return to a normal or improved state after a problem. The recovery of the forest after the fire was surprisingly rapid. 3 noun The act of getting back something that was lost. The recovery of the stolen paintings took the police years. 4 noun New growth in the economy after a downturn. There is no recovery from the pandemic without a properly funded transport network. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a return to good health... convalescencerecuperation 3 noun · the act of getting back... retrieval Word family Forms recoveries Derived forms antirecoverybiorecoverycryorecoveryneurorecoverynonrecoveryosmorecoveryoverrecoveryphotorecoveryprecoveryprorecoveryrerecovery Related forms recover Common collocations recovery room Noun + noun Etymology AI details From Middle English recoveree, from Old French recovree, from recovrer (“recover”). *keh₂p- Proto-Indo-European recoveree Middle English recovree Old French View etymology graph -> Topics Health & Medicine External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # recovery **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ɹɪˈkʌvəɹi/ **Frequency rank:** 4917 ## Meanings 1. A return to good health after illness or injury. 2. A return to a normal or improved state after a problem. 3. The act of getting back something that was lost. 4. New growth in the economy after a downturn. ## Examples - I hope you make a full recovery. - The recovery of the forest after the fire was surprisingly rapid. - The recovery of the stolen paintings took the police years. - There is no recovery from the pandemic without a properly funded transport network. ## Derived Forms - antirecovery - biorecovery - cryorecovery - neurorecovery - nonrecovery - osmorecovery - overrecovery - photorecovery - precovery - prorecovery - rerecovery ## Related Forms - recover ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *keh₂p- - Root: recoveree - Root: recovree ## Etymology From Middle English recoveree, from Old French recovree, from recovrer (“recover”). ## AI Etymology Recovery comes from Middle English recoveree, from Old French recovree, from recovrer (“recover”). Modern senses include a return to good health after illness or injury. and a return to a normal or improved state after a problem.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as antirecovery, biorecovery, cryorecovery, neurorecovery, nonrecovery, and osmorecovery and related forms such as recover. ## Topics - Health & Medicine markdown