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Uncommonrecover
The correct spelling is recover.
How to pronounce recover
/ɹɪˈkʌvə/
nounIPA: /ɹɪˈkʌvə/
Say it like: Rec-ove-r
The correct spelling is recover. Recovery. For example: "After days of inquiries, he finally recovered his lost wallet."
Usage Examples
“After days of inquiries, he finally recovered his lost wallet.”
“They recovered three of the explorers very much alive, then another, wracked with severe hypothermia, who was taken to hospital.”
“At the top of the hill I asked to stop for a few minutes to recover my strength.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.Recovery.
- 2.A position of holding a firearm during exercises, whereby the lock is at shoulder height and the sling facing out.
- 3.The forward movement in rowing, after one stroke to take another (recovery)
verb
- 1.To get back, to regain (a physical thing; in astronomy and navigation, sight of a thing or a signal).
- 2.To salvage, to extricate, to rescue (a thing or person)
- 3.To replenish to, resume (a good state of mind or body).
- 4.To obtain a positive judgement; to win in a lawsuit.
- 5.To gain as compensation or reparation, usually by formal legal process
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