recover

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb get or find back; recover the use of
  2. verb get over an illness or shock
  3. verb regain a former condition after a financial loss

Etymology

From Middle English recoveren, rekeveren, from Anglo-Norman recoverer and Old French recovrer, from Latin recuperāre, alternative form of reciperāre. Doublet of recuperate. The noun is from Middle English recover, from the verb.

In classic literature

Synonyms

retrieve, find, regain

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