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recoveries

recoveries is the plural of recovery.

Meaning of recovery

Noun

recovery (countable and uncountable, plural recoveries)

  1. The act or process of regaining or repossession of something lost.
    1. (colloquial) A clever verbal solution to an embarrassing verbal mistake.
      • When I realized I'd called my teacher "Mom" again, I made a quick recovery saying that she loves me so much that she reminds me of my mother.
  2. A return to normal health.
    • I hope you make a full recovery.
  3. The act of regaining the natural position after curtseying.
  4. The act of regaining the position of guard after making an attack, in fencing, sparring, etc.
  5. Renewed growth after a slump.
    • Byford said: "There is no UK recovery from the pandemic without a London recovery, and there is no London recovery without a properly funded transport network.2022 January 12, “Network News: Further extension to Transport for London emergency funding”, in RAIL, number 948, page 8

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Phrases with recoveries

Questions about recoveries

What is recoveries the plural of?
Recoveries is the plural of recovery.

Words near recoveries in the dictionary

  1. recoverees
  2. recoverer
  3. recoverers
  4. recoverest
  5. recovereth
  6. recoveries
  7. recoverin
  8. recovering
  9. recoveringly
  10. recoverings
  11. recoverless

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Adapted from Wiktionary: recoveries (page history and authors); recovery (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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