Recover from

  • 1recover from — phr verb Recover from is used with these nouns as the object: ↑accident, ↑anaesthetic, ↑effect, ↑illness, ↑infection, ↑injury, ↑ordeal, ↑shock, ↑strain, ↑trauma, ↑wreckage …

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  • 2recover from a trauma — recover from shock, get over a shock …

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  • 3recover from a defeat — recuperate from a loss …

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  • 4recover from the battlefield — send back from the battlefield …

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  • 5recover — re‧cov‧er [rɪˈkʌvə ǁ ər] verb 1. [intransitive] to increase or improve after falling in value or getting worse: • Its shares plunged at the start of trading, but recovered to close only slightly down. 2. [transitive] FINANCE to get back money… …

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  • 6Recover — Re*cov er (r?*k?v ?r), v. i. 1. To regain health after sickness; to grow well; to be restored or cured; hence, to regain a former state or condition after misfortune, alarm, etc.; often followed by of or from; as, to recover from a state of… …

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  • 7recover — 01. It took my grandmother a long time to [recover] from the death of my grandfather. 02. Doctors believe my mother s quick [recovery] from her illness was partly due to her desire to see her grandchildren again. 03. Police have announced that… …

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  • 8recover — [[t]rɪkʌ̱və(r)[/t]] ♦♦♦ recovers, recovering, recovered 1) VERB When you recover from an illness or an injury, you become well again. [V from n/ ing] He is recovering from a knee injury... A policeman was recovering in hospital last night after… …

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  • 9recover — re|cov|er W2 [rıˈkʌvə US ər] v [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: recovrer, from Latin recuperare; RECUPERATE] 1.) to get better after an illness, accident, shock etc ▪ After a few days of fever, she began to recover. recover from ▪ He s in… …

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  • 10recover — recoverer, n. /ri kuv euhr/, v.t. 1. to get back or regain (something lost or taken away): to recover a stolen watch. 2. to make up for or make good (loss, damage, etc., to oneself). 3. to regain the strength, composure, balance, or the like, of… …

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