verb · academic
recover
UK/rɪˈkʌvə/US/rɪˈkʌvər/re·COV·er
to return to a previous level or condition after a fall or decline
Examples
“The market recovered to pre-crisis levels by 2013.”
“Employment slowly recovered after the recession.”
“House prices recovered following government support.”
Band 8 sentence
“After a steep contraction in 2009, national output gradually recovered to its pre-recession level by 2014.”
Collocations
- recover from (a decline/crisis)
- recover to (a level)
Word family
Common mistakes
The economy recovered on 2010 levels.→The economy recovered to 2010 levels.
Sales recover slowly after the crisis.→Sales recovered slowly after the crisis.
The rate recover from the drop.→The rate recovered from the drop.
Say it for a higher band
5go up→6rise→7+recover
Synonyms
bounce back
rebound
Easily confused
rebound
“The stock market rebounded sharply after the announcement.”
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