Recuperate meaning

rĭ-ko͝o'pə-rāt', -kyo͝o'-
To recover from financial loss.
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To recuperate is to get better after an illness, to recover after exertion, or to get back something that was lost.

When you have surgery performed and you then have to stay in bed for two weeks and rest, this resting period is an example of a time when you recuperate.

When you go on vacation to rest and relax after working very hard on a project, this is an example of a time when you recuperate.

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To return to health or strength; recover.
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To recover (a financial loss).
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To get back, or recover (losses, health, etc.)
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To be restored to health, strength, etc.; get well again; recover.
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To recover losses, etc.
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To return to health or strength; recover.
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To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
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(sociology) To co-opt subversive ideas for mainstream use.
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Origin of recuperate

From Latin recuperātus, from recuperāre (“to get again, regain, recover, revive, restore, Medieval Latin also intransitive revive, convalesce, recover"), present active infinitive of recuperō.

Sentence Examples

  • After four years at the Foreign Office, which gained Russia the time she needed to recuperate, Isvolsky succeeded M.

  • This way, your body can recuperate after working hard.

  • The lack of sleep can also have a deleterious effect on the body's ability to recuperate from exercise, injury, surgery or illness.

  • Once you are done with all of the stages of labor and delivery it is time for you to bond with your baby, recuperate, and rest.

  • First, sleep aids in good psychological health because it gives both the mind and the body time to recuperate from, and digest, the day's events.

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