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recovery
What does recovery mean?
recovery (noun): return to an original state.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use recovery in a sentence?
- The recovery of the forest after the fire was surprisingly rapid. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
Where does recovery come from?
From recover + -y, from Middle English recoveree, from Old French recovree, from recovrer (“recover”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to recovery
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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a small amount of something
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a person who owns something
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return to an original state
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the shore of a sea or ocean
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