Intermediate 📚 Vocabulary · #378 of 1319

recovery (n.)

getting better

Examples

  • A quick recovery.

Key rules

  • Recovery is getting better after illness or injury
  • Make a recovery, recovery time
  • Recovery is uncountable

Common mistakes

  • His recovery of the flu was quick → His recovery from the flu was quick

Use cases

  • Health updates
  • Describing treatment
  • Economic news
💡 Tip: Recovery can also mean the return of the economy.
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