Health / B2

ri-KUV-uh-ree/rɪˈkʌvəri/

Recovery is a return to health, strength, or a better economy: exam recovery; economic recovery. Recover is the verb (already in the dictionary). Recovery sessions start after results day. Uncountable in many news uses. Mix-up: discovery is finding something new. Do not call a one-day rest a recovery plan.

Meaning

A return to health, strength, or a better economic state.

Examples

• “Exam recovery sessions start the week after results day.”
• “The recovery of the stolen papers was filmed, which is the “getting back” sense.”

Good to know

in recovery; economic / exam recovery. Verb: recover. Trap: discovery. Health, economics, and theft news. Getting back, not finding for the first time.

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