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re|cov|er|y
re|cov|er|y «rih KUHV uhr ee, -KUHV ree», noun, plural -er|ies.
1. the act of recovering.
2. the process or fact of coming back to health or normal condition: »

We heard of your recovery from fever.

3. the fact or process of getting back something that was lost, taken away, stolen, or sent out: »

The insurance company helped the police in the recovery of the stolen property. The recovery of Bagdad was impossible unless the British were driven back to the Sinai desert (John Buchan).

4. the act or fact of getting back to a proper position or condition: »

He tripped and almost fell, but made a quick recovery.

5. the act of locating and repossessing a missile, nose cone, or package of scientific instruments, after a flight in space or balloon ascent in the upper atmosphere: »

the recovery of a space capsule.

6. Sports. the return to a position of guard after a lunge in fencing, an attack in boxing, etc.
7. the act or fact of obtaining some property or right by the judgment of a law court.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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