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re·cu·per·ate
(rĭ-ko͞o′pə-rāt′, -kyo͞o′-)v. re·cu·per·at·ed, re·cu·per·at·ing, re·cu·per·ates
v.intr.
1. To return to health or strength; recover.
2. To recover from financial loss.
v.tr.
To recover (a financial loss).
re·cu′per·a′tion n.
re·cu′per·a′tive (-pə-rā′tĭv, -pər-ə-tĭv), re·cu′per·a·to′ry (-pər-ə-tôr′ē) adj.
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recuperate
(rɪˈkuːpəˌreɪt; -ˈkjuː-)vb
1. (intr) to recover from illness or exhaustion
2. to recover (losses of money, etc)
[C16: from Latin recuperāre to recover, from re- + capere to gain, take]
reˌcuperˈation n
reˈcuperative adj
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re•cu•per•ate
(rɪˈku pəˌreɪt, -ˈkyu-)v.i. -at•ed, -at•ing.
1. to recover from sickness or exhaustion; regain health or strength.
2. to recover from financial loss.
[1535–45; < Latin recuperātus, past participle of recuperāre, variant of reciperāre to recover=re- re- + -ciperāre, comb. form of *caperāre (derivative of capere to take)]
re•cu`per•a′tion, n.
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recuperate
Past participle: recuperated
Gerund: recuperating
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Verb | 1. | recuperate - regain or make up for; "recuperate one's losses" acquire, get - come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work" catch up with, make up - make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point; "I have to make up a French exam"; "Can I catch up with the material or is it too late?" |
2. | recuperate - regain a former condition after a financial loss; "We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90"; "The company managed to recuperate" | |
3. | recuperate - restore to good health or strength cure, bring around, heal - provide a cure for, make healthy again; "The treatment cured the boy's acne"; "The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to" | |
4. | recuperate - get over an illness or shock; "The patient is recuperating" snap back - recover quickly; "After the surgery, the patient snapped back in a few days" recuperate - restore to good health or strength degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop - grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match" |
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recuperate
verb recover, improve, pick up, get better, mend, turn the corner, convalesce, be on the mend, get back on your feet, regain your health I went away to the country to recuperate.
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recuperate
verbTo regain one's health:
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Translations
يَسْتَرِد صِحَّتَه
zotavit se
komme sig
ná sér, jafna sig
atgūt spēkus/veselību
recuperate
[rɪˈkuːpəreɪt]A. VI → recuperarse, reponerse, restablecerse
to recuperate after an illness → recuperarse or reponerse de una enfermedad
to be recuperating from sth → estar convaleciente de algo
to recuperate after an illness → recuperarse or reponerse de una enfermedad
to be recuperating from sth → estar convaleciente de algo
B. VT [+ losses] → recuperar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
recuperate
[rɪˈkuːpəreɪt] vi (from illness) → se rétablirto recuperate from sth [+ surgery, illness, injury] → se remettre de qch
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
recuperate
vt losses → wettmachen, wiedergutmachen
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recuperate
(rəˈkjuːpəreit) verb to recover, eg after an illness.
reˌcupeˈration nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
re·cu·per·ate
v. recuperar, recobrar las fuerzas; recuperarse, reponerse.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
recuperate
vi recuperarseEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.