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- [ri-kuhv-uh-ree]
- /rɪˈkʌv ə ri/
- /rɪˈkʌv.ər.i/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [ri-kuhv-uh-ree]
- /rɪˈkʌv ə ri/
Definitions of recovery word
- noun plural recovery an act of recovering. 1
- noun plural recovery the regaining of or possibility of regaining something lost or taken away. 1
- noun plural recovery restoration or return to health from sickness. 1
- noun plural recovery restoration or return to any former and better state or condition. 1
- noun plural recovery time required for recovering. 1
- noun plural recovery something that is gained in recovering. 1
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Origin of recovery
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
First recorded in 1350-1400; Middle English word from Anglo-French word recoverie. See recover, -y3
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Parts of speech for Recovery
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
recovery popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
recovery usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for recovery
noun recovery
- acquisition — If a company or business person makes an acquisition, they buy another company or part of a company.
- catholicon — a remedy for all ills; panacea
- counteractant — to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.
- counteragent — a person or thing that counteracts
- countermeasure — A countermeasure is an action that you take in order to weaken the effect of another action or a situation, or to make it harmless.
Antonyms for recovery
noun recovery
- abjection — an abject state or condition
- blahs — nonsense; rubbish: What they say is blah.
- bleakness — bare, desolate, and often windswept: a bleak plain.
- bottom out — If a trend such as a fall in prices bottoms out, it stops getting worse or decreasing, and remains at a particular level or amount.
- deflation — Deflation is a reduction in economic activity that leads to lower levels of industrial output, employment, investment, trade, profits, and prices.
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