{
    "term": "recovery",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the process of becoming well again after an illness or injury",
            "sensetop": "recovery (from something)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "My father has **made a** full **recovery** from the operation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to make **a remarkable/quick/speedy/slow recovery**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is **on the road to** *(= making progress towards)* **recovery**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A holiday would speed his recovery."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's in recovery from the disease."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His injuries have returned as there was insufficient recovery time between games."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Laura made a miraculous recovery."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many people make remarkable recoveries after strokes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Mr Fisher made a full physical recovery."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is well on the road to recovery."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We wish them all a speedy recovery."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a slow recovery to full health"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Health problems"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["amazing", "astonishing", "dramatic"],
                "verb + recovery": ["achieve", "make", "show"],
                "recovery + verb": ["depend on something", "be on the way", "begin"],
                "recovery + noun": ["time", "rate", "speed"],
                "preposition": ["beyond recovery", "in recovery", "recovery from"],
                "phrases": [
                    "be on the road to recovery",
                    "be on the way to recovery",
                    "hope of recovery"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the process of improving or becoming stronger again",
            "sensetop": "recovery in something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The government is forecasting an **economic recovery**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The economy is showing signs of recovery."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a recovery in consumer spending",
                    "contextForm": "recovery in something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A recovery will come only when deflation is conquered."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The FTSE index staged a modest recovery to be 6.5 points down."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company has made a substantial recovery over the past 12 months."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The economic circumstances are right and recovery is on the way."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The global economic recovery has strengthened significantly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The region has been damaged by acid rain and rivers are fouled almost beyond recovery."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The world economy staged a strong recovery."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is a robust recovery in the markets."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is no hope of recovery."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Unemployment is high and economic recovery is still a long way off."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a disaster recovery plan"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a reduction in interest rates to stimulate global economic recovery"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the prospects of economic recovery"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Change, cause and effect", "Money"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["amazing", "astonishing", "dramatic"],
                "verb + recovery": ["achieve", "make", "show"],
                "recovery + verb": ["depend on something", "be on the way", "begin"],
                "recovery + noun": ["time", "rate", "speed"],
                "preposition": ["beyond recovery", "in recovery", "recovery from"],
                "phrases": [
                    "be on the road to recovery",
                    "be on the way to recovery",
                    "hope of recovery"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the action or process of getting something back that has been lost or stolen",
            "sensetop": "recovery (of something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There is a reward for information leading to the recovery of the missing diamonds."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "the room in a hospital where patients are kept immediately after an operation",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Your mother is now in recovery."
                },
                {
                    "text": "After the operation she was taken to the recovery room."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Healthcare"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["amazing", "astonishing", "dramatic"],
                "verb + recovery": ["achieve", "make", "show"],
                "recovery + verb": ["depend on something", "be on the way", "begin"],
                "recovery + noun": ["time", "rate", "speed"],
                "preposition": ["beyond recovery", "in recovery", "recovery from"],
                "phrases": [
                    "be on the road to recovery",
                    "be on the way to recovery",
                    "hope of recovery"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈkʌvəri/",
                "audio": "re/recovery/recovery__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈkʌvəri/",
                "audio": "re/recovery/recovery__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (denoting a means of restoration): from Anglo-Norman French recoverie, from recovrer ‘get back’."
}