RECOVERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does recovery mean? 

• RECOVERY (noun)
  The noun RECOVERY has 3 senses:

1. return to an original state

2. gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury

3. the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost)

  Familiarity information: RECOVERY used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RECOVERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Return to an original state

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Context example:

the recovery of the forest after the fire was surprisingly rapid

Hypernyms ("recovery" is a kind of...):

advance; betterment; improvement (a change for the better; progress in development)

Derivation:

recover (regain a former condition after a financial loss)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

convalescence; recovery; recuperation

Hypernyms ("recovery" is a kind of...):

healing (the natural process by which the body repairs itself)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "recovery"):

lysis (recuperation in which the symptoms of an acute disease gradually subside)

rally (a marked recovery of strength or spirits during an illness)

Derivation:

recover (get over an illness or shock)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

recovery; retrieval

Hypernyms ("recovery" is a kind of...):

act; deed; human action; human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "recovery"):

repossession (the action of regaining possession (especially the seizure of collateral securing a loan that is in default))

reclamation (the recovery of useful substances from waste products)

deliverance; delivery; rescue; saving (recovery or preservation from loss or danger)

ransom (the act of freeing from captivity or punishment)

recapture; retaking (the act of taking something back)

Derivation:

recover (get or find back; recover the use of)

 Context examples 

In the majority of cases there is spontaneous recovery.

(Brachial Plexus Palsy, NCI Thesaurus)

There could not be a doubt, to her mind there was none, of what would follow her recovery.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Thus, pain from the skin incision is reduced during the recovery period.

(Chemical from cactus-like plant shows promise in controlling surgical pain, while leaving touch and coordination intact, National Institutes of Health)

More research is needed to better understand the role of glucose in stroke recovery and to identify additional treatments to improve outcomes in hyperglycemic stroke patients.

(Researchers get a handle on how to control blood sugar after stroke, National Institutes of Health)

He imagined my recovery would be rapid enough when once commenced.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

I confess that I began to despair of her recovery, and gradually to sink deeper and deeper into the belief that she was dead.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

A type of autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation designed to promote recovery if a prior hematopoietic stem cell transplantation fails or is not adequate.

(Autologous Stem Cell Rescue, NCI Thesaurus)

With the return of the love-master, White Fang's recovery was rapid.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Without such work, we might not realize the important role sharks play in the recovery and health of seagrasses.

(Sharks, the seagrass protectors, National Science Foundation)

People with delirium often, though not always, make a full recovery after their underlying illness is treated.

(Delirium, NIH)