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Definition of Recovery

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

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

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

Definition of Recovery

1. n. The act of recovering, regaining, or retaking possession.

2. n. Act of regaining the natural position after curtseying.

Definition of Recovery

1. Noun. The act or process of regaining or repossession of something lost. ¹

2. Noun. A return to normal health. ¹

3. Noun. A return to former status. ¹

4. Noun. Renewed growth after a slump (economy). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Recovery

1. an economic upturn [n -ERIES]

Medical Definition of Recovery

1. 1. A getting back or regaining; recuperation. 2. Emergence from general anaesthesia. 3. In nuclear magnetic resonance, refers to relaxation. Origin: M.E., fr. O.Fr. Recoverer, fr. L. Recupero, to recover, get back, fr. Re-, again, + capio, to take (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Recovery

recoverableness recoverance recovered recovered(p) recoveree recoverees recoverer recoverers recoveries recoverin

recovering recoveror recoverors recovers recovery (current term) recovery CD recovery CDs recovery boiler recovery position recovery positions

recovery room recovery score recovery time objective recovre recower recowered recowers recoyle recoyled

Literary usage of Recovery

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1845)
"Under that recovery ... was, that, as Lord and Lady Camelford were at the time of suffering the recovery in the actual possession or receipt of the rents ..."

2. Environmental Performance Reviews by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (2001)
"Waste prevention and recovery lrish waste policy seeks to reflect the primacy given by ... Substantial improvements can be made in the rate of recovery of ..."

3. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1892)
"NOTE OX THE recovery OF ... A few years ago I gave a report of some results as to the limits of recovery in a few chemical separations. ..."

4. Environmental Performance Reviews by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. Committee on Environmental Policy (2006)
"1.4 Special waste: prevention and recovery In 1998 some 20 million tonnes of special waste underwent material and energy recovery and 3.4 million tonnes of ..."

5. Environmental Performance Reviews by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. Committee on Environmental Policy (2006)
"3.2 recovery and recycling trends In 2001, 28% of total municipal waste generated (9 million tonnes) was potentially recyclable but only 8% (742 000 tonnes) ..."

6. Environmental Performance Reviews by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. Committee on Environmental Policy (2006)
"2.3 Cost recovery for environmental services Prices of water for ... Cost recovery for water supply and sanitation has improved considerably in the past ..."

7. A Treatise on Conveyancing: With a View to Its Application to Practice by Richard Preston (1819)
"Expediency of recovery . . i b. $1. Request to join in suffering a common ... Intention to suffer recovery, and agreement of tenant for life to join in ..."

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