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# recovery

noun (recovery; a recovery, recoveries)

«recovery» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Recovery is getting better after being ill, hurt or upset. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recovery/#m1)
2. Recovery is getting back something that was lost or stolen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recovery/#m2)
3. A recovery is when something, like a business or a team, gets back to a good state after a bad time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recovery/#m3)
4. (formal) Recovery can mean getting useful material back from waste, as in recycling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recovery/#m4)

### In the lessons

In health, a patient makes «a full recovery». In sport, a team makes a recovery from 2–0 down. In science and the environment, «resource recovery» is getting materials back from rubbish. Breakdown trucks are «recovery vehicles». Phrases: make a recovery, full recovery, speedy recovery, on the road to recovery, recovery position.

### Examples

- Grandad made a full recovery after his operation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recovery/#x1)
- We wish you a speedy recovery! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recovery/#x2)
- The team made a great recovery to win 3–2. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recovery/#x3)
- The police announced the recovery of the stolen paintings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recovery/#x4)
- In first aid, we learned the recovery position. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recovery/#x5)
- A recovery truck towed our broken car away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recovery/#x6)
- The town's recovery after the flood took months. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recovery/#x7)
- "Your royal highness must be on the high road to recovery from your illness," said he. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recovery/#x8)

### Note

Mostly uncountable; plural «recoveries». The verb is «recover». The «recovery position» is a first-aid way to lay an unconscious person on their side so they can breathe — an important safety fact.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «recovery» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recovery/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«recovery» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/recovery.html) on Mova free.