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Recovery

Definitions: Recovery

Recovery

Noun

1. Return to an original state; "the recovery of the forest after the fire was surprisingly rapid".

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

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

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "recovery" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)



Specialty Definitions: Recovery

DomainDefinitions

Aerospace

1. The procedure or action that obtains when the whole of a satellite, or a section, instrumentation package, or other part of a rocket vehicle is retrieved after a launch, as in recovery was counted upon to give added data. 2. The conversion of kinetic energy to potential energy such as in the deceleration of air in the duct of a ramjet engine. Also called ram recovery.3. In flying, the action of a lifting vehicle returning to an equilibrium attitude after a nonequilibrium maneuver. (references)

Biology & Biotechnology

Abrupt or continuous increase in radial growth(after a period of suppression). Release results from the improvement of a tree's external environment. Source: European Union. (references)

Building & Civil Engineering

Decrease in deformation resulting from removal of load. Source: European Union. (references)
 Reduction of drawdown after cessation of pumping. Source: European Union. (references)

Computing

In data communication, a process whereby a specified data station attempts to resolve conflicting or erroneous conditions arising during the transfer of data. Source: European Union. (references)

Environment

The collection and the storage of controlled substances from, for example, machines, equipment and containment vessels during servicing of before disposal. Source: European Union. (references)
 Utilization of waste and other residues; cf. waste management. Source: European Union. (references)

Medicine

2)the process to being restored to health and strength after illness or enfeeblement or disablement from any cause. Source: European Union. (references)
 The change(s)in response in a cell, an organ or an organism after irradiation that tend(s)to restore functional integrity. Source: European Union. (references)

Military

1. In air operations, that phase of a mission which involves the return of an aircraft to a base. 2. In naval mine warfare, salvage of a mine as nearly intact as possible to permit further investigation for intelligence and/or evaluation purposes. See also salvage procedure. (references)

Military & Defense

In naval mine warfare, salvage of a mine as nearly intact as possible to permit further investigation for intelligence and/or evaluation purposes. Source: European Union. (references)
 In air operations, that phase of a mission which involves the return of an aircraft to a base. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

A. The percentage of valuable constituent derived from an ore, or of coal from a coal seam; a measure of mining or extraction efficiency b. The ratio of the footage of core acquired from core drilling a specific length of borehole, expressed in percent. (references)

Public Administration

The treatment of a specimen, after conditioning, in order that the properties of the specimen may be stabilized before measurement. Source: European Union. (references)

Sports & Leisure

The movement of the arms or legs from the end of the power phase of a stroke to the beginning of a new power phase. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Recovery

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.

EntrySourceExpressionField
Cgf rec.EnglishCredit given for recoveryInsurance, Transportation

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Recovery

Synonyms: convalescence (n), recuperation (n), retrieval (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Recovery

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Acquisition

Recovery, retrieval, revendication, replevin, restitution; redemption, salvage, trover.

Improvement

Reform, reformation; revision, radical reform; second thoughts, correction, limoe labor, refinement, elaboration; purification; oxidation; repair; (restoration); recovery.

Refreshment

Noun: bracing; Verb: recovery of strength, recuperation; restoration, revival; repair, refection, refocillation, refreshment, regalement, bait; relief.

Restitution

Release, replevin, redemption; recovery; (getting back); remitter, reversion.

Restoration

Redress, retrieval, reclamation, recovery; convalescence; resumption, resumption; sanativeness.

Taking

Resumption; reprise, reprisal; recovery.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Recovery

English words defined with "recovery": Analepsy, assizebusiness cyclecarrier, catastrophic illness, Common recovery, Convalescency, Court of Conscience, Court of RequestsDecumbiture, deliverance, delivery, DetinueEjectment, European Recovery ProgramGavelet, George Catlett Marshall, George MarshallMarshallPersonal action, petitioner, poundagerally, Re coverance, Readeption, Real action, Recoveree, Recoveror, recovery room, Recuperatory, Recure, rescuesaving, suerTo sound in damages, trade cycleUniversal restorationWeldon's process. (references)
Specialty definitions using "recovery": 45846abrupt growth change, ACETONE-RECOVERY WORKER, active mining area, adiabatic recovery temperature, air breakup, AIRCRAFT LAUNCH AND RECOVERY TECHNICIAN, Alfentanil, all savers certificate, alloy sludger, amalgamation process, ammonia distillation column, ammonia still, Anesthesia Recovery Period, Application Service Element, ART THERAPIST, Asian Recovery Fund, Attribute Translation SystemBaal-zebub, ballistic recovery, Beacon-light, Bed, bent sieve, biologically equivalent single dose, black liquor recovery furnaces, block caving, BLOW-PIT HELPER, BROWN-STOCK WASHER, BRPCANOPY STRINGER, Capture Efficiency, carbide miner, carbon adsorption, Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act of 1983, Caribbean Basin Initiative, CATALYST-RECOVERY OPERATOR, CCR, Cemetery, Central Cord Syndrome, chain radar beacon, channel service unit, Chapman process, charge weigher, CHIEF ENGINEER, RESEARCH, CHIEF PETROLEUM ENGINEER, CLOTH TESTER, QUALITY, commitment,concurrency and recovery relationship, COMPETITIVE TRANSMISSION CHARGE, COMPUTER SECURITY COORDINATOR, Conrad counterflush coring system, Continuity of Operations Plan, core loss, core recovery, Cost Recovery, CRACKING-UNIT OPERATOR, Credit Standards Advisory Committee, creep recovery, crystal recovery, CucumberDATA RECOVERY PLANNER, data security coordinator, dense-medium recovery, descriptive gemology, design recovery, DETHISTLER OPERATOR, detinning, diamond-drill sample, disaster recovery coordinato, double core barrel, dragline dredge, drainman, drogue recoveryEiffel source checker, elastic aftereffect, elastic rebound, Endangered Species Act, Energy Recovery, Enhanced oil recovery, epilepticus, equivalent single dose, ergoterapia, EVAPORATOR OPERATOR, exploitable reserve, explosive ordnance disposalFalconbridge process, Farm Credit Act of 1971, Federal Asset Disposition Association, FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, Federal Home Loan Bank Board, Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, fiber recovering, fibre recovery, FILM-CASTING OPERATOR, Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989, first-aider, fish job, fishing job, flow rate recovery, FSLIC Resolution FundGENERAL CLAIMS AGENT. (references)
Etymologies containing "recovery": Readeption. (references)

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Modern Usage: Recovery

DomainUsage

Screenplays

What a delightful surprise. Let's see where are we now? Um I have the golden disk I have the power to change the future and the only remaining obstacle in my path to unimaginable glory is yourself. Exhausted damaged beyond recovery defeated. (Beast Wars: Transformers; writing credit: Bob Forward; Lawrence G. DiTillio)

Flight, we are looking at a typhoon warning on the edge of the prime recovery zone. (Apollo 13; writing credit: Jim Lovell; Jeffrey Kluger)

Lyrics

Of recovery ("Heart Attack"; performing artist: Olivia Newton-John)

Movie/TV Titles

His Sudden Recovery (1914)

A Miraculous Recovery (1911)

Recovery (1997)

Nine Points of View on Addiction and Recovery (1994)

Reservoirs of Strength... A Burn Recovery Film (1990)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Recovery

DomainTitle

References

  • Ballistic Recovery Systems, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Profit Recovery Group International, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Environmental Recovery Services Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Govett Asian Recovery Trust: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Imperial Petroleum Recovery Corporation: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • The Real AA: Behind the Myth of 12-Step Recovery (reference)

  • Black Swan: The Twelve Lessons of Abandonment Recovery (reference)

  • Sustainable Environmental Law: Integrating Natural Resource and Pollution Abatement Law from Resources to Recovery (reference)

  • Raising Abel: The Recovery of Eschatological Imagination (reference)

  • Optimal Muscle Recovery (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Exercises for Pregnancy and Recovery (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

  • Belkin 350V USB Pro Gold Series Uninterruptabe Power Supply Regulator with Automatic Voltage Regulation/Data Recovery (reference)

  • Belkin Components SurgeMaster Gold Series w/Tel, 10 Outlet, 3540 Joules, 12' Cord, 360 Rotating Plug; (Unlimited CEW & Data Recovery) (reference)

  • SurgeMaster Gold Series w/Tel, 9 Outlet, 2950 Joules, 10' Cord, 360 Rotating Plug, (Unlimited CEW & Data Recovery) (reference)

    (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Recovery

Photos:
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Photo Album: Recovery

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

Shown is a woman on a gurney just outside the surgery recovery room. A physician and a nurse are on either side of the stretcher, either talking with her or pushing the gurney. The photograph was taken at lower than eye level.Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

Apollo 10 After Recovery.Credit: NASA.

Gemini 4 Recovery with Green Marker Dye.Credit: NASA.

Conrad in Recovery Helicopter.Credit: NASA.

Recovery of sidescan sonar system on SURVEYOR Used to explore for offshore extension of San Andreas Fault.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Recovering drift buoy dropped from aircraft in North Pacific Recovery on SURVEYOR - Photo #1 of sequence.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Oyster setting tanks at the University of Maryland Horn Point Environmental Laboratory on the Choptank River. Used by the Oyster Recovery Partnership, oyster larvae are placed in these tanks for two days, allowing them to set on shells where they stay and continue to grow for the rest of their lives.Credit: America's Coastlines.

"Buy boat" ROBERT LEE docked at the University of Maryland Horn Point Environmental Laboratory on the Choptank River. Used by the Oyster Recovery Partnership to transplant oyster spat to permanent oyster beds in the Chesapeake Bay.Credit: America's Coastlines.

Image #3 of sequence. In sharp contrast, by July 1998, a dramatic recovery had taken place. There is a well-developed cold tongue and a dramatic bloom of phytoplankton along the equator. High chlorophyll concentrations had not previously been observed over such a large area.Credit: Fisheries.

Floats and radar reflectors for recovery of longlines used by sword fishing boat JANICE ANN.Credit: Fisheries.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Recovery

AuthorQuotation

Miguel De Cervantes

He is mad past recovery, but yet he has lucid intervals.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Valor consists in the power of self recovery.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Recovery

AuthorDateQuotation

Treaty of Versailles

1919

The Governments concerned will, nevertheless, invest their respective Clearing Offices with all necessary powers for the recovery of debts which have been admitted. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Recovery

TitleAuthorQuote

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

When I attended the King after my recovery, to return him thanks for his favors, he was pleased to rally me a good deal upon this adventure.

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

But I was at the same time conscious of a slight insanity in my mood, and seemed to foresee my recovery.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Recovery

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Full recovery from the infection is likely. (references)

Recovery usually continues over a 2-year period. (references)

But I am worried about the long recovery period. (references)

Business

It has hit the bottom and started showing signs of recovery. (references)

Experts expect that 2000/2001 will be recovery years for the industry. (references)

Lojack has reached a similar agreement for its vehicle theft recovery system. (references)

Civil Liberties

Yemen

Ba Sharahil's case was ongoing at year's end, but in abeyance pending his recovery from illness. (references)

Iran

Prison authorities allowed him to return home upon his recovery on the understanding that they could find him whenever necessary. (references)

Turkmenistan

After his recovery, the Government agreed to allow foreign diplomats to meet with Atakov in Ashgabat and with his family in Kakkha to discuss Atakov's situation. (references)

Economic History

Colombia

Such reforms led to a period of recovery. (references)

Colombia

Colombia's economic recovery has been slower than expected. (references)

Colombia

The increase in imports reflects the modest economic recovery. (references)

Human Rights

Mexico

There were no new developments in the 1999 recovery of nine bodies from graves outside Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua. (references)

Cape Verde

In addition the right of victims to compensation and recovery for pain and mental suffering are overlooked, due both to the low damage assessments imposed and ineffective enforcement of court sentences. (references)

Yugoslavia

In May 2000, UNMIK established the Victim Recovery and Identification Commission (VRIC), which worked from May to December 2000. Working with families on the basis of information they provided, details of the events, and the recovery of clothing and personal effects, the VRIC was able to identify some victims in 2000. When ICTY closed its forensic operations, UNMIK appointed the CIVPOL Missing Persons Unit (MPU) as the focal point for identification of remains and for exhumation of additional gravesites as they were identified, and tasked the UNMIK Bureau of Missing Persons and Detainees to coordinate political efforts. (references)

Political Economy

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

Recovery could come by the second quarter of 2002, at the earliest. (references)

Lebanon

Following 2 years of recession, the economy is showing faint signs of recovery. (references)

MEXICO

Once a recovery starts in the United States, we expect the two-way trade figures to grow again. (references)

Trade

Ukraine

Coal Recovery-TDA provided partial funding ($375,000) for a study on recovery of coal from slurry ponds. (references)

India

The GOI has established Debt Recovery Tribunals (DRT's) to speedily settle long-pending cases related to debt recovery. (references)

Indonesia

Despite lagging progress on bank and corporate debt restructuring, the Indonesian economy has shown some signs of recovery. (references)

Women

Portugal

The Nest, an NGO, operates economic and social recovery programs for prostitutes. (references)

Worker Rights

Pakistan

The Bonded Labor System (Abolition) Act of 1992 (BLAA) outlawed bonded labor, canceled all existing bonded debts, and forbade lawsuits for the recovery of existing debts. (references)

Ecuador

Despite the economic recovery over the past 2 years, the problem has not improved substantially, in part due to the emigration abroad of many parents who have left their children behind. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Recovery

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Donald Evans

We'll say it will be later rather than sooner, Bob. I mean, what we're saying is, the sooner we get the stimulus into the economy, the sooner we will begin our recovery.

Michael Nader

Well, for nine months I assumed that I would be resting in my recovery, which was a gift. And me going back on the show, as I understand it still, Dimitri is on a business trip.

Rush Limbaugh

We had the highest sustained economic recovery of the post-war period when the deficit was running through the roof thanks to the Democrats in Congress.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Recovery

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Herbert C. Hoover

1929-1933From this strength we have contributed to the recovery and progress of the world.

Harry S. Truman

1945-1953Economic recovery and peace itself depend on increased world trade.

John F. Kennedy

1961-1963This is the best record of overall price stability of any comparable period of recovery since the end of World War II.

Gerald Ford

1974-1977At home I am encouraged by the Nation's recovery from the recession and our steady return to sound economic growth.

Jimmy Carter

1977-1981Regulations implementing subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act were issued.

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989A world economic recovery is underway.

Bill Clinton

1993-2001Now, any one of us can call for a tax cut, but I won't accept one that explodes the deficit or puts our recovery at risk.

George W. Bush

2001-2005By speeding up the income tax cuts, we will speed economic recovery and the pace of job creation.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Recovery

"Recovery" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.97% of the time. "Recovery" is used about 3,812 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)99.97%3,8112,562
Lexical Verb (infinitive)0.03%1339,140
                    Total100.00%3,812N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Recovery

CountryNameCountryName
Australia

Environmental Recovery Services Ltd.

United Kingdom

Govett Asian Recovery Trust

USA

Ballistic Recovery Systems, Inc.

 (more examples...)  

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Recovery

Expressions using "recovery": action for recovery of property Anesthesia Recovery Period armored recovery vehicle armoured recovery vehicle Asian Recovery Fund be on a road to recovery be on the road to recovery beyond recovery commitment,concurrency and recovery relationship Common recovery complete recovery debts recovery message design recovery disaster recovery planning economic recovery energy recovery european Recovery Program failure recovery fibre recovery file recovery flow rate recovery Fort Recovery make a recovery material recovery mean Time To Recovery microbiological enhanced oil recovery oil recovery vessel pressure recovery recovery controller Recovery from illness recovery function recovery of damages Recovery of Function recovery period recovery procedure recovery room recovery rope recovery service recovery ship recovery time recovery vehicle. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "recovery": recovery-threatening.

Ending with "recovery": cost-recovery, non-recovery.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Recovery

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

data recovery

5,201

password recovery

1,229

recovery

1,089

file recovery

857

disaster recovery

727

hard drive recovery

649

hard drive data recovery

638

disk recovery

469

easy and recovery

374

raid data recovery

334

refund recovery

327

reading recovery

276

debt recovery

257

hard disk data recovery

253

hard disk recovery

234

partition recovery

188

disk data recovery

179

emergency data recovery

169

asset recovery

138

cd recovery

135
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Recovery

Language Translations for "recovery"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaan

  

verlossing (salvage, salvation), berging (salvage, salvation), behoudenis (salvage, salvation), behoud (conservation, maintenance, preservation, retention, salvage, salvation). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

rivendosje e formës fillestare, rivendosje (rearrangement, reclamation, reconstruction, redress, re-establishment, rehabilitation, reinstatement, renewal, restoration, revival), rigjenerim (recuperation, regeneration, reproduction, revivification), restaurim (reclamation, restoration), shërim (cure, healing), prodhim (article, crop, fabrication, generation, harvest, make, making, manufacture, milling, mintage, output, out-turn, produce, product, production, runout, turn out, yield), përpunim (development, elaboration, formation, manipulation, manufacture, operation, processing, refinement, rehash, treatment), nxjerrje (digging, discharge, drawing, eduction, ejection, elicitation, emission, excretion, extraction, extrusion, heave, inference, leakage, outage, output, promulgation, runout, spew, stripping, superannuation), marrje e vetes, kthim (conversion, double, handover, metamorphosis, rebate, rebound, recall, repercussion, restitution, return, transformation, traverse, turn, turnabout), gjetje (discovery, find, procuration, procurement), dalje (egress, egression, emergence, emersion, eruption, escape, exit, leakage, orifice, out, outcome, outcrop, outgo, outlet, recourse, rise, safety valve, salience, salient, shoot, vent). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏معافاه (healing, recuperation), ‏نقاهة (convalescence, convalescent, recuperation), ‏إنتعاش (exhilaration, resuscitation, revival, swell), ‏إسترداد للعافية, ‏إسترداد (recall, recapture, reclamation, retrieval), ‏إستشفاء, ‏إصلاح (betterment, correction, mediation, mend, pacification, pacifying, reclamation, reconcile, reconditioning, redress, reform, reformation, rehabilitation, remedy, renovation, repair, reparation), ‏شفاء (cure, healing, medicament, recuperation, restoration, resurrection). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

съвземане, регенерация (regeneration), възстановяване (instauration, mending, reconstruction, recruitment, refund, reinstatement, renewal, renovation, repair, replacement, restitution, restoration, retrieval, revivification), възстановителен период, възвръщане (restitution, restoration, retrieval, return), оздравяване (pickup, recuperation), получаване обратно (resumption), получаване на обезщетение. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

重獲 (recover), 补救 (Remedied, Remedies, remedy, Remedying), 復" , 復元 . (various references)

   

Czech

  

zotavení (pickup, rally, recreation, recuperation, refreshment, restoration), znovuzískání, znovunabytí (retrieval), obnova (renaissance, renewal, resurgence), náhrada (compensation, premium, recompense, redress, reimbursement, restitution, substitute, substitution, surrogate). (various references)

   

Danish

  

restitution (refund, restitution, restoration), restitutio ad integrum (restoration), restituering, rekreation (distraction, diversion, recuperation), rekonvalescens (convalescence, reconvalescence, recuperation), recovery, oplegering, genanvendelse (reclamation), genoprettelse, genoprettelsesprocedure (recovery procedure), genvinding (reclamation, recycling, retrieval), hjemflyvning, bjærgning (pure salvage, salvage), normaliseringsprocedure (recovery procedure), transition ved pumpeophoer, nedtagning (breakdown, discard, discarding, dismantling, removal, taking up, teardown, withdrawal). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

rust (bosh, break, calm, calmness, composure, dormancy, intermission, mark, pause, quiet, quietness, recess, repose, rest, rest and de-energised, rest and de-energized, rust, silence, space), restitutio ad integrum (restoration), reparatieprocedure (recovery procedure), redding (pure salvage, rescue, salvage, salvation), overdracht (alienation, carry, carryover, conveyance, cutover, delivery, disposal, divestiture, handoff, hand-off, transfer, transfer of right, transfer of title, transmission, unappropriated earned surplus, unappropriated earnings), berging (pure salvage, retention, salvage, salvation), foutherstelprocedure (recovery procedure), genezing (cure, healing, repair, repair after radiation effects), heil (salvage, salvation), hergebruik (reclamation, reusability, reuse, re-use), herstel (clean up, cleanup, convalescence, corrective action, recovery phase, rehabilitation, remediation, repair, repair mecanism, repairs, reset, restitution), herstelduur, herstelprocedure (recovery procedure), behoud (conservation, maintenance, preservation, retention, salvage, salvation), ontspanning (decontraction, distraction, diversion, muscle relaxation, myorelaxation, relaxation, release), verlossing (childbirth, delivery, parturition, partus, salvage, salvation), speciale toestand, terugwinning (reclamation), uitkomst (outcome, result, salvage, salvation, solution), uitredding (salvage, salvation), herwinning (reclamation). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

savo (salvage, salvation). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

وصول , حصول (Reach), تحصیل چیزی , جبران (Amends, Back, Recompense, Rectification, Relief, Reprisal, Restitution), استرداد (Reclamation, Refund, Restoration, Retraction), بهوش امدن (Recover, Respire, Revive), بهبودی (Health, Recuperation), بخوداءی , بازیافت (Resumption). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

toipuminen (line restoration, restoration, since the deformation rate is finite, the result being a polygonised structure, work hardening and recovery compete with each other). (various references)

   

French

  

reprise (recapture, recaptured vessel, recharge, recirculation, regain, renewal, repeat, repetition, reprise, restart, resume, resumed, resumption, retake, retrieval, retry, revival, rework), rétablissement (recuperation, re-establishment, rehabilitation, reinstatement, repair, resettlement, restitution, restoration), récupération (reclamation, recovery procedure, recruitment, recuperation, rendering, retrieval), guérison (recuperation). (various references)

   

German

  

Genesung (convalescence, recovery phase), Wiederherstellung (destroyed, line restoration, rebuilding, reconstitution, recovery procedure, recreate, re-establishment, regeneration, rehabilitation, reinstatement, renewal, repair, restitution, restorable, restoration, restoration procedure, restorations, restoring, retrieval), Erholung (distraction, diversion, rally, rallying, recreation, recreations, recuperation, regeneration, relaxation, release, rest, rest cure). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ανάκτηση (information retrieval, recaption, recapture, reclamation, regain, regaining, regainment, repossession, retrieval), ανάρρωση (convalescence, recovery phase, recuperation). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

תקומ" (existence, rebirth, resistance, resurrection, revival, stand, uprising), קבל" בחזר", אחלמ", ארוכ" (cure, healing), "תאוששות (comeback, encouragement), "חיא" (resuscitation, revival), "חלמ" (convalescence, rally, recuperation), "חלפת כח, "ברא" (convalescence, recuperation). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

visszanyerés (getting back, reclamation, retrieval), megtalálás (finding, rediscovery), visszaszerzés (getting back, recuperation, redemption, retrieval), gyógyulás (convalescence, cure, healing), újrafelállás vívóállásba (recovery of a sword), erőre kapás (rally, rallying), felépülés (convalescence, pick-up, rallying, recruitment, recuperation), felemelkedés (ascension, ascent, elevation, heaving, levitation, lift, lift-off, raise, rise, upheaval, uprise), felgyógyulás (convalescence, rallying, recruitment), fellendülés (boom, boost, prosperity, uplift, upsurge, upswing), felvirágzás, érckinyerési százalék, kihozatal (capacity, turnout, yield), kivonás (abstraction, deduction, eduction, phaseout, pulling out, subtracting, subtraction, withdrawal), megindulás (offset), mentés (flag-flaying, life-saving, overbid, rescue, sacrifice, salvage), regeneráció, rekuperáció, talpraállás, helyreállítás (doing-up, rebuilding, reclamation, reconstruction, recuperation, renovation, reparation, restitution, restitution of all things, restoration). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

pemulihan (restoration), kesembuhan. (various references)

   

Irish

  

biseach. (various references)

   

Italian

  

ristabilimento (recreations, recuperation, restoration), ripresa (attack, cold lap, cold set, cold shut, fallback, periodic onset, planned felling quantity, prescribed cut, prescribed yield, rally, release, renewal, restart, restarting, resumption, revival, shot, take, upturn), ricupero (making up, reclamation, recycling, rehabilitation, retrieval, reutilization, salvage), recupero (kickback, reclamation, recruitment, reuse, re-use), guarigione (cure, healing, restitution). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

治' (cure, healing), 平' (convalescence), 奪回 (recapture, rescue). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

かいふく (improvement, making a surgical incision in the abdomen, rehabilitation, restoration), っかい (recapture, rescue, withdrawal), ちゆ (cure, healing), とりかえし, はねかえり (rebounding, repercussions, tomboy), へいゆ (convalescence), もどり (reaction, return), っか" (recapture, rescue), かいゆ (convalescence), たちなおり (restoration), かいしゅう (assembly, audience, collection, congregation, conversion, improvement, meeting, repair), かいしゅうき", ば"かい (restoration), さいき (bill collector, comeback, cruel creditor, equipment used in rituals, rally, recursive, reflexive, restoration, talent, wisdom), まきかえし (rally, rollback), なおり, リカバリー , かいき (a type of thin thread, bizarre, buying mood, death anniversary, foundation of a temple, laying a foundation, outrageous, recurrence, recursion, revolution, session, society by-laws, strange, total eclipse, totality, weird, wonderful). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

구난. (various references)

   

Manx

  

slaanaghey (indemnify, integrate; recuperation, integration; sanative, pull through, recover), couyral (better in health, convalesce, improve, recover), aagheddyn. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ecoveryray

   

Portuguese

  

restabelecimento (rally, recruitment, recuperation, re-establishing, re-establishment, reinstatement, repair, resettlement, restitution, restoration, retrieval, revival), recuperação (clean up, cleanup, reclaim, reclamation, recovery procedure, recruitment, recuperation, regain, regeneration, rehabilitation, remediation, repair, retrieval), convalescença (amendment, convalescence, recovery phase, recruitment, recuperation, repair). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

restabilire (pick up, recruital, recruitment, redintegration, re-establishment, rehabilitation, reinstatement, restoration, retrieval, retrieve), regenerare (palingenesis, regeneration, rejuvenation), regãsire (retrieval), redresare (rectification), redobândire (recoupment), recuperare (reclamation, recuperation, redeeming, saving), vindecare (cure, recuperation), tãmãduire (cure, curing, healing, recuperation), salvare (ambulance, anchor, deliverance, delivery, escape, redemption, rescue, salvage, salvation, saving), înzdrãvenire (re-establishment), întremare (mend, rally, reparation), însãnãtoşire (curing, reparation). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

восстановление (compensation, rebuilding, reclamation, reconstruction, re-creation, redress, reduction, re-establishment, refreshment, refurbishment, rehabilitation, reinstatement, renewal, renovation, repair, reproduction, restitution, restoration, resurgence, retrieval). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

povratak (come back, comeback, regress, return), ponovno sticanje, ozdravljenje, oporavak (convalescence, rally, recuperation), dobijanje natrag. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

recuperación (pickup, rally, reclamation, recover, recovery procedure, recruitment, recuperation, release, repair, repair after radiation effects, retrieval), restablecimiento (pickup, pullout, recuperation, re-establishing, re-establishment, resetting, resettlement, restitution, restoration, revival). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

återhämtning (recuperation), tillfrisknande (convalescence, rally), bättring (improvement, repentance). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

tazmin (compensation, indemnity, restitution), kurtulma (avoidance, dodge, elusion, escape, riddance, salvation), kurtarma (deliverance, extrication, liberation, redemption, relief, rescue, salvage, salvation, save, saving, sea rescue, wrecking), iyileşme (amelioration, betterment, cicatrization, convalesce, convalescent, getting better, healing, improvement, recruitment, recuperation, upswing), geri kazanma, geri dönüştürme, düzelme (amelioration, betterment, getting better, improvement, rectification, regeneration, upswing, upturn). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

відшкодування (amends, consideration, indemnity, offset, quittance, redress, refund, reimbursement, repayment, restitution), видужання (comeback, convalescence, curing), повернення собі. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự lấy lại được, sự khỏi bệnh sự khôi phục lại. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

adferiad (restoration). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Recovery

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

recuperatio, refectio, refectionis. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Misspellings: Recovery

Misspellings

"Recovery" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: recever, Receveur, recouer, recower, recvery, reovery. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Recovery"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "recovery" (pronounced riku"vrē or riku"verē)
5-k u" v r ērediscovery.
5-k u" v er ēdiscovery.
3-v er ēbravery, Calvary, delivery, every, ivory, livery, ovary, reverie, Savory, silvery, slavery, thievery, unsavory.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Recovery

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-e-e-o-r-r-v-y"

-1 letter: coverer, recover.

-2 letters: corvee, revery.

-3 letters: corer, cover, covey, coyer, crore, every, rover, veery.

-4 letters: cere, cero, core, cory, cove, eery, ever, eyer, eyre, over, oyer, rove, veer, very, yore.

-5 letters: cee, cor, coy, cry, ere, err, eve, eye, orc, ore, rec, ree, rev, roc, roe, rye, vee, voe.

 Words containing the letters "c-e-e-o-r-r-v-y"
 

+3 letters: rediscovery.

 

+4 letters: correctively, cryopreserve, prediscovery.

 

+5 letters: correlatively, cryopreserved, cryopreserves, irrecoverably, retroactively.

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