recuperate
recuperate
Definition
re·cu·per·ate (ri ko̵̅o̅′pə rāt′, -kyo̵̅o̅′-)
transitive verb -·at′ed, -·at′·ing
to get back, or recover (losses, health, etc.)
Etymology: < L recuperatus, pp. of recuperare, to recover: akin to recipere, to bring back, recover: see receive
intransitive verb
- to be restored to health, strength, etc.; get well again; recover
- to recover losses, etc.
re·cu′·pera′·tion noun
re·cu′·pera′·tive (--pə rāt′iv, --per ə tiv) adjective or re·cu′·pera·to′ry
re·cu′·pera′·tor noun
recuperate
Synonyms
recuperate
Usage Examples
Object
- cost: Needing just 30,000 fans to snap up a ' must have ' record will make sales easy, and recuperate costs.
- seal: Specially designed containers were constructed to transport the fully recuperated seals on a 4 1/2 hour flight from Tenerife to Glasgow.
- aspiration: In the European Union and elsewhere, neo-liberals have tried to recuperate these aspirations through their policies of marketisation and privatization.
Subject
- hi-tech: Over the last few decades, the pioneering work of the community media activists has been largely recuperated by the hi-tech and media industries.
Modifying Another Word
- fully: According to the reports, Minogue will need 12 months to fully recuperate.
- still: Still recuperating herself she helped to nurse David through a very serious time following the transplant.
- now: Thank goodness I can't drink or I'd still be recuperating now.
- quickly: You should quickly recuperate the costs even if you have to pay for an unlock.
- currently: This dog was found last October and is currently recuperating in a foster home in Wales.
- just: Thursday, 12 May 2005 I'm just recuperating from a heavy session of housekeeping.
Preposition: after
- operation: There's also a professional ballroom dancer recuperating after a botched operation on his leg.
Preposition: in
- hospital: Or perhaps even a squash tournament champion ), who is recuperating in the hospital from his injuries.
- room: After surgery, Shiburu recuperated in the recovery room, with a clear eye patch in place.
Preposition: from
- illness: The discovery could help patients too weak to exercise to start recuperating from illnesses or injuries quicker.
- injury: It was later adopted by dancers to help recuperate from injuries and maintain their strength and flexibility.
- operation: Too many paddlers have lost time on the water whilst recuperating from an operation which, with precautions, is largely avoidable.
- surgery: Medical patients, whether recuperating from surgery or suffering other medical conditions, consistently recover better in the home environment.
- exhaustion: Benjamin is sleeping, and all 3 of us are recuperating from exhaustion.
- stroke: His death came as he was recuperating from a stroke which struck him in August last year.
Preposition: by
- hi-tech: Over the last few decades, the pioneering work of the community media activists has been largely recuperated by the hi-tech and media industries.
