verb · neutral
recover
UK/rɪˈkʌvə/US/rɪˈkʌvər/re·COV·er
task1
to return to a normal state or to a previous level after a fall or problem
Examples
“Following the recession, industrial output recovered to pre-crisis levels.”
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Band 8 sentence
“After an immediate downturn, the market gradually recovered and reached previous levels by the year-end.”
Collocations
- recover to
- recover from a decline/crisis
- gradually recover
Word family
recover verbrecovered verb (past)recovery noun
Common mistakes
recover up to→recover to
recovery to previous→recovery to previous levels
Say it for a higher band
5go back up→6bounce back→7+recover
Synonyms
bounce back
rebound
Easily confused
rebound
“After a sharp fall, housing prices rebounded in the following quarter.”
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