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 Definitions of Recovery  [ɪˈkʌv ə ri]  

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Definition of 'Recovery' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) recovery
the act or process of recovering.

2.  recovery
the regaining of something lost or taken away.

3.  recovery
restoration or return to any former and better condition, esp. to health from sickness, injury, addiction, etc.

4.  recovery
something that is gained in recovering.

5.  recovery
an improvement in the economy marking the end of a recession.

6.  recovery
a movement or return to a particular position, esp. in preparation for the next movement.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; ME < AF recoverie)

Definition of 'Recovery' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) recovery
return to an original state
"the recovery of the forest after the fire was surprisingly rapid"

2. (noun) convalescence, recuperation, recovery
gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury

3. (noun) recovery, retrieval
the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost)


Definition of 'Recovery' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) recovery
the process of recovering from an illness, bad experience, etc.
an economic recovery; her long recovery from the head injury

2.  recovery
make a full recovery
to recover completely
The patient made a full recovery.

3.  recovery
the act of recovering sth lost or stolen
the recovery of the stolen works of art


Definition of 'Recovery' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Recovery
the act of recovering, regaining, or retaking possession

2. (noun) Recovery
restoration from sickness, weakness, faintness, or the like; restoration from a condition of mistortune, of fright, etc

3. (noun) Recovery
the obtaining in a suit at law of a right to something by a verdict and judgment of court

4. (noun) Recovery
the getting, or gaining, of something not previously had

5. (noun) Recovery
in rowing, the act of regaining the proper position for making a new stroke


Definition of 'Recovery' Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms 

1.  Recovery
1. In air (aviation) operations, that phase of a mission which involves the return of an aircraft to a land base or platform afloat. 2. The retrieval of a mine from the location where emplaced. 3. In personnel recovery, actions taken to physically gain custody of isolated personnel and return them to the initial reception point. 4. Actions taken to extricate damaged or disabled equipment for return to friendly control or repair at another location. See also evader; evasion; recovery; recovery force.


Translation of 'Recovery' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (an) act or process of recovering
The patient made a remarkable recovery after his illness; the recovery of stolen property.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: genesing Arabic flag Arabic: إسْتِعادَة الصِّحَّه، إسْ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: възстановяване
Brazilian flag Brazilian: recuperação Czech flag Czech: zotavení, získání zpět German flag German: die Genesung, die Wiedere
Danish flag Danish: helbredelse; restituering Greek flag Greek: ανακτώ την υγεία μου, συν Spanish flag Spanish: recuperación
Estonian flag Estonian: paranemine, tagasisaamine Farsi flag Farsi: بهبودی Finnish flag Finnish: toipuminen
French flag French: recouvrement Hebrew flag Hebrew: הַחלָמָה Hindi flag Hindi: प्राप्त करने की क्रिया
Croatian flag Croatian: oporavak, vraćanje Hungarian flag Hungarian: (fel)gyógyulás Indonesian flag Indonesian: proses penyembuhan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: bati Italian flag Italian: recupero Japanese flag Japanese: 回復
Korean flag Korean: 회복 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: at(si)gavimas Latvian flag Latvian: atveseļošanās; atgūšana
Malay flag Malay: pemulihan, menjumpai semu Dutch flag Dutch: herstel, het terug krijge Norwegian flag Norwegian: bedring, rekonvalens
Polish flag Polish: wyzdrowienie, odzyskanie Persian flag Persian: بهبودی Pashto flag Pashto: روغيدل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: recuperação Romanian flag Romanian: recuperare Russian flag Russian: возврат; выздоровление;во
Slovak flag Slovak: zotavenie; získanie späť Slovenian flag Slovenian: okrevanje; povrnitev Serbian flag Serbian: oporavak
Swedish flag Swedish: tillfrisknande,återfående Thai flag Thai: การหายเจ็บป่วย Turkish flag Turkish: iyileşme, geri alma
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 復原,找回 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: видужання; повернення Urdu flag Urdu: صحت یابی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự bình phục Chinese flag Chinese: 复原,找回

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