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{
"term": "recover",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "recover",
"heSheIt": "recovers"
},
"pastSimple": "recovered",
"pastParticiple": "recovered",
"ingForm": "recovering"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to get well again after being ill, hurt, etc.",
"sensetop": "recover from something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "He's still recovering from his operation.",
"contextForm": "recover from something"
},
{
"text": "She spent many weeks in hospital **recovering from her injuries**."
},
{
"text": "He has **fully recovered** from the shoulder surgery."
},
{
"text": "She remains in serious condition, but is expected to recover."
},
{
"text": "The victim is **recovering well** at home."
},
{
"text": "Mrs Burton was last night recovering from her injuries in hospital."
},
{
"text": "She had hardly recovered from the birth of her last baby."
},
{
"text": "Yates is struggling to recover form a serious knee injury."
},
{
"text": "Your baby is recovering well."
},
{
"text": "Mother and baby are recovering well."
}
],
"topics": ["Health problems"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["completely", "fully", "partially"],
"verb + recover": ["help somebody (to)", "struggle to"],
"preposition": ["from"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to return to a normal state after an unpleasant or unusual experience or a period of difficulty",
"sensetop": "recover from something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "It can take many years to recover from the death of a loved one.",
"contextForm": "recover from something"
},
{
"text": "The economy is at last beginning to recover."
}
],
"topics": ["Change, cause and effect"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["completely", "fully", "partially"],
"verb + recover": ["help somebody (to)", "struggle to"],
"preposition": ["from"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to get back the same amount of money that you have spent or that is owed to you",
"sensetop": "recover something (from somebody/something)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He is unlikely to ever recover his legal costs."
},
{
"text": "Creditors have a right to recover their debts."
},
{
"text": "Some investors tried to recover their losses by making further high risk investments."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to get back or find something that was lost, stolen or missing",
"sensetop": "recover somethingrecover something from somebody/something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The police eventually recovered the stolen paintings.",
"contextForm": "recover something"
},
{
"text": "Six bodies were recovered from the wreckage.",
"contextForm": "recover something from somebody/something"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "to win back a position, level, status, etc. that has been lost",
"sensetop": "recover something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The team recovered its lead in the second half."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "to get back the use of your senses, control of your emotions, etc.",
"sensetop": "recover somethingrecover yourself",
"examples": [
{
"text": "It took her a few minutes to **recover consciousness**.",
"contextForm": "recover something"
},
{
"text": "to recover your sight"
},
{
"text": "She seemed upset but quickly recovered herself.",
"contextForm": "recover yourself"
}
],
"synonyms": "regain"
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈkʌvə(r)/",
"audio": "re/recover/recover__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈkʌvəz/",
"audio": "re/recover/recovers__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈkʌvəd/",
"audio": "re/recover/recovered__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈkʌvərɪŋ/",
"audio": "re/recover/recovering__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈkʌvər/",
"audio": "re/recover/recover__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈkʌvərz/",
"audio": "re/recover/recovers__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈkʌvərd/",
"audio": "re/recover/recovered__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈkʌvərɪŋ/",
"audio": "re/recover/recovering__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English (originally with reference to health): from Anglo-Norman French recoverer, from Latin recuperare ‘get again’."
}