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Definitions: Recovery |
RecoveryNoun1. 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) |
| Domain | Definitions |
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. | |
| 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. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| Cgf rec. | English | Credit given for recovery | Insurance, Transportation |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: RecoverySynonyms: convalescence (n), recuperation (n), retrieval (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms 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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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) | |
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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. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
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. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
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) |
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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. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
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. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(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. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Herbert C. Hoover | 1929-1933 | From this strength we have contributed to the recovery and progress of the world. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | Economic recovery and peace itself depend on increased world trade. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | This is the best record of overall price stability of any comparable period of recovery since the end of World War II. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | At home I am encouraged by the Nation's recovery from the recession and our steady return to sound economic growth. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Regulations implementing subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act were issued. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | A world economic recovery is underway. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Now, 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 | 2001-2005 | By 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. | ||
| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.97% | 3,811 | 2,562 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.03% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3,812 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Australia | Environmental Recovery Services Ltd. | United Kingdom | Govett Asian Recovery Trust |
| USA | Ballistic Recovery Systems, Inc. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
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. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency 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. | |
| 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 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) 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) 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) povratak (come back, comeback, regress, return), ponovno sticanje, ozdravljenje, oporavak (convalescence, rally, recuperation), dobijanje natrag. (various references) 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) återhämtning (recuperation), tillfrisknande (convalescence, rally), bättring (improvement, repentance). (various references) 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) відшкодування (amends, consideration, indemnity, offset, quittance, redress, refund, reimbursement, repayment, restitution), видужання (comeback, convalescence, curing), повернення собі. (various references) sự lấy lại được, sự khỏi bệnh sự khôi phục lại. (various references) adferiad (restoration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | recuperatio, refectio, refectionis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
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). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "recovery" (pronounced riku"vrē or riku"verē) |
| 5 | -k u" v r ē | rediscovery. |
| 5 | -k u" v er ē | discovery. |
| 3 | -v er ē | bravery, Calvary, delivery, every, ivory, livery, ovary, reverie, Savory, silvery, slavery, thievery, unsavory. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||