| VERB | possession | recuperate, recover, recoup | regain or make up for |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | recuperate, recover, go back | regain a former condition after a financial loss | |
| body | recuperate | restore to good health or strength | |
| body | recuperate, recover, convalesce | get over an illness or shock |
| Sounds | rihkuw'perey.t | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | regain or make up for. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "recuperate one's losses" | |
| Synonyms | recover, recoup | |
| Narrower | make up, catch up with | make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point |
| Broader | get, acquire | Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract |
| Spanish | recuperarse, recuperar | |
| Catalan | recuperar | |
| Meaning | regain a former condition after a financial loss. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Example | "The company managed to recuperate" | |
| Synonyms | recover, go back | |
| Narrower | rally, rebound | Return to a former condition |
| Broader | revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back | Go back to a previous state |
| Spanish | recuperarse, recuperar | |
| Catalan | recuperar-se, recuperar | |
| Meaning | restore to good health or strength. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Broader | bring around, cure, heal | Provide a cure for, make healthy / healthy again |
| Similar to | recuperate, recover, convalesce | get over an illness or shock |
| Spanish | recuperarse, recuperar | |
| Adjectives | recuperative | promoting recuperation |
| Nouns | recuperation | gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury |
| Meaning | get over an illness or shock. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | recover, convalesce | |
| Entailed by | survive, pull through, pull round, come through, make it | Continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.) |
| Narrower | perk up, perk, percolate, pick up, gain vigor | gain or regain energy |
| snap back | Recover quickly | |
| Broader | better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate | Get better |
| Opposite | devolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerate | Grow worse |
| Similar to | recuperate | restore to good health or strength |
| Spanish | convalecer, convalescer, recuperarse, recuperar | |
| Catalan | millorar, recuperar | |
| Adjectives | recuperative | promoting recuperation |
| Nouns | recuperation | gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury |
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