recovered Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb get or find back; recover the use of
    regain; recover; retrieve; find.
    • She regained control of herself
    • She found her voice and replied quickly
  2. verb get over an illness or shock
    recuperate; recover; convalesce.
    • The patient is recuperating
  3. verb regain a former condition after a financial loss
    go back; recover; recuperate.
    • We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90
    • The company managed to recuperate
  4. verb regain or make up for
    recuperate; recover; recoup.
    • recuperate one's losses
  5. verb reuse (materials from waste products)
    recover; reclaim.
  6. verb cover anew
    recover.
    • recover a chair
  7. adjective satellite freed from illness or injury
    cured; healed.
    • the patient appears cured
    • the incision is healed
    • appears to be entirely recovered
    • when the recovered patient tries to remember what occurred during his delirium"- Normon Cameron
  8. adjective satellite found after being lost

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