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{
"term": "recovery",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the process of becoming well again after an illness or injury",
"sensetop": "recovery (from something)",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "My father has **made a** full **recovery** from the operation."
},
{
"text": "to make **a remarkable/quick/speedy/slow recovery**"
},
{
"text": "She is **on the road to** *(= making progress towards)* **recovery**."
},
{
"text": "A holiday would speed his recovery."
},
{
"text": "He's in recovery from the disease."
},
{
"text": "His injuries have returned as there was insufficient recovery time between games."
},
{
"text": "Laura made a miraculous recovery."
},
{
"text": "Many people make remarkable recoveries after strokes."
},
{
"text": "Mr Fisher made a full physical recovery."
},
{
"text": "She is well on the road to recovery."
},
{
"text": "We wish them all a speedy recovery."
},
{
"text": "a slow recovery to full health"
}
],
"topics": ["Health problems"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["amazing", "astonishing", "dramatic"],
"verb + recovery": ["achieve", "make", "show"],
"recovery + verb": ["depend on something", "be on the way", "begin"],
"recovery + noun": ["time", "rate", "speed"],
"preposition": ["beyond recovery", "in recovery", "recovery from"],
"phrases": [
"be on the road to recovery",
"be on the way to recovery",
"hope of recovery"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the process of improving or becoming stronger again",
"sensetop": "recovery in something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The government is forecasting an **economic recovery**."
},
{
"text": "The economy is showing signs of recovery."
},
{
"text": "a recovery in consumer spending",
"contextForm": "recovery in something"
},
{
"text": "A recovery will come only when deflation is conquered."
},
{
"text": "The FTSE index staged a modest recovery to be 6.5 points down."
},
{
"text": "The company has made a substantial recovery over the past 12 months."
},
{
"text": "The economic circumstances are right and recovery is on the way."
},
{
"text": "The global economic recovery has strengthened significantly."
},
{
"text": "The region has been damaged by acid rain and rivers are fouled almost beyond recovery."
},
{
"text": "The world economy staged a strong recovery."
},
{
"text": "There is a robust recovery in the markets."
},
{
"text": "There is no hope of recovery."
},
{
"text": "Unemployment is high and economic recovery is still a long way off."
},
{
"text": "a disaster recovery plan"
},
{
"text": "a reduction in interest rates to stimulate global economic recovery"
},
{
"text": "the prospects of economic recovery"
}
],
"topics": ["Change, cause and effect", "Money"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["amazing", "astonishing", "dramatic"],
"verb + recovery": ["achieve", "make", "show"],
"recovery + verb": ["depend on something", "be on the way", "begin"],
"recovery + noun": ["time", "rate", "speed"],
"preposition": ["beyond recovery", "in recovery", "recovery from"],
"phrases": [
"be on the road to recovery",
"be on the way to recovery",
"hope of recovery"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the action or process of getting something back that has been lost or stolen",
"sensetop": "recovery (of something)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "There is a reward for information leading to the recovery of the missing diamonds."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "the room in a hospital where patients are kept immediately after an operation",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Your mother is now in recovery."
},
{
"text": "After the operation she was taken to the recovery room."
}
],
"topics": ["Healthcare"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["amazing", "astonishing", "dramatic"],
"verb + recovery": ["achieve", "make", "show"],
"recovery + verb": ["depend on something", "be on the way", "begin"],
"recovery + noun": ["time", "rate", "speed"],
"preposition": ["beyond recovery", "in recovery", "recovery from"],
"phrases": [
"be on the road to recovery",
"be on the way to recovery",
"hope of recovery"
]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈkʌvəri/",
"audio": "re/recovery/recovery__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈkʌvəri/",
"audio": "re/recovery/recovery__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (denoting a means of restoration): from Anglo-Norman French recoverie, from recovrer ‘get back’."
}