recuperate
verb /rɪˈkuːpəreɪt/
/rɪˈkuːpəreɪt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they recuperate | /rɪˈkuːpəreɪt/ /rɪˈkuːpəreɪt/ |
| he / she / it recuperates | /rɪˈkuːpəreɪts/ /rɪˈkuːpəreɪts/ |
| past simple recuperated | /rɪˈkuːpəreɪtɪd/ /rɪˈkuːpəreɪtɪd/ |
| past participle recuperated | /rɪˈkuːpəreɪtɪd/ /rɪˈkuːpəreɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form recuperating | /rɪˈkuːpəreɪtɪŋ/ /rɪˈkuːpəreɪtɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] recuperate (from something) to get back your health, strength or energy after being ill, tired, injured, etc. synonym recover
- He's still recuperating from his operation.
- After an exhausting few weeks I needed some time to recuperate.
- [transitive] recuperate something to get back money that you have spent or lost synonym recoup, recover
- He hoped to recuperate at least some of his losses.
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin recuperat- ‘regained’, from the verb recuperare, from re- ‘back’ + capere ‘take’.