{
    "term": "recover",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "recover",
            "heSheIt": "recovers"
        },
        "pastSimple": "recovered",
        "pastParticiple": "recovered",
        "ingForm": "recovering"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to get well again after being ill, hurt, etc.",
            "sensetop": "recover from something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He's still recovering from his operation.",
                    "contextForm": "recover from something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She spent many weeks in hospital **recovering from her injuries**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has **fully recovered** from the shoulder surgery."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She remains in serious condition, but is expected to recover."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The victim is **recovering well** at home."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Mrs Burton was last night recovering from her injuries in hospital."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She had hardly recovered from the birth of her last baby."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Yates is struggling to recover form a serious knee injury."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Your baby is recovering well."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Mother and baby are recovering well."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Health problems"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["completely", "fully", "partially"],
                "verb + recover": ["help somebody (to)", "struggle to"],
                "preposition": ["from"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to return to a normal state after an unpleasant or unusual experience or a period of difficulty",
            "sensetop": "recover from something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It can take many years to recover from the death of a loved one.",
                    "contextForm": "recover from something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The economy is at last beginning to recover."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Change, cause and effect"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["completely", "fully", "partially"],
                "verb + recover": ["help somebody (to)", "struggle to"],
                "preposition": ["from"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to get back the same amount of money that you have spent or that is owed to you",
            "sensetop": "recover something (from somebody/something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He is unlikely to ever recover his legal costs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Creditors have a right to recover their debts."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Some investors tried to recover their losses by making further high risk investments."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to get back or find something that was lost, stolen or missing",
            "sensetop": "recover somethingrecover something from somebody/something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The police eventually recovered the stolen paintings.",
                    "contextForm": "recover something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Six bodies were recovered from the wreckage.",
                    "contextForm": "recover something from somebody/something"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "to win back a position, level, status, etc. that has been lost",
            "sensetop": "recover something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The team recovered its lead in the second half."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "to get back the use of your senses, control of your emotions, etc.",
            "sensetop": "recover somethingrecover yourself",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It took her a few minutes to **recover consciousness**.",
                    "contextForm": "recover something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to recover your sight"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She seemed upset but quickly recovered herself.",
                    "contextForm": "recover yourself"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "regain"
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈkʌvə(r)/",
                "audio": "re/recover/recover__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈkʌvəz/",
                "audio": "re/recover/recovers__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈkʌvəd/",
                "audio": "re/recover/recovered__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈkʌvərɪŋ/",
                "audio": "re/recover/recovering__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈkʌvər/",
                "audio": "re/recover/recover__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈkʌvərz/",
                "audio": "re/recover/recovers__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈkʌvərd/",
                "audio": "re/recover/recovered__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈkʌvərɪŋ/",
                "audio": "re/recover/recovering__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (originally with reference to health): from Anglo-Norman French recoverer, from Latin recuperare ‘get again’."
}