recovery

1. 1.

   return to an original state

   “the recovery of the forest after the fire was surprisingly rapid”

   Broaderimprovement
2. 2.

   gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury

   Synonymsconvalescencerecuperation

   Broaderhealing

   Narrowerlysisrally
3. 3.

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

   Synonymsretrieval

   Broaderact

   Narrowerrepossessionreclamationrescueransomrecapture

Other forms of recovery

plural

recoveries·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about recovery

What does recovery mean?

recovery means "return to an original state". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in recovery?

recovery has 3 syllables: reco-ver-y. The stress falls on "ver". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈkʌvɹi/.

What is another word for recovery?

Close synonyms include convalescence, recuperation, retrieval. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is recovery a common word?

recovery is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.