Betekenis van recover In het Nederlands

• 0 to become completely well again after an illness or injury:

  • It took her a long time to recover from/after her heart operation.

  • He never really recovered from the shock of his wife dying.

  • It took a long time for the economy to recover after the slump.

  • She went into a coma and died without recovering consciousness.

  • She was astonished to see me, but she soon recovered her composure/herself (= soon gave the appearance of being calm).

  • Police only recover a very small percentage of stolen goods.

  • The initial outlay of setting up a company is considerable and it takes a while to recover those costs.

• 1 to get better after an illness or a period of difficulty or trouble:

  • [ I ] It took her a while to recover after the operation.

  • [ T ] The police recovered her handbag, but her wallet was gone.

• 2 to improve after a difficult period or after falling in value:

  • Consumer confidence has been slow to recover in the aftermath of the credit crunch.

  • Profits are expected to recover in the current financial year.

  • Over the past week shares have recovered considerably.

  • Thanks in part to emergency loans, the industry recovered surprisingly quickly.

  • recover from With the country's economy recovering from its deepest recession for 50 years, company earnings are expected to be higher than a year ago.

  • recover to 12%/70c etc. Since their 52p low in autumn of last year, shares have recovered to 687p.

• 3 to get back money you have spent, invested, or lost:

  • Airlines are imposing higher surcharges in an attempt to recover a percentage of the increase in fuel prices.

  • recover debts/investments/funds Cautious investors are likely to stay out of the market until they have recovered their initial investment.

• 4 to get money from a person or company that has caused you loss or damage by order of a court of law:

  • recover costs/damages/money Current legislation does not permit an employee to recover damages for a hostile working environment.

  • Harrington led the lawsuit to recover losses from the bonds issued by the fraudulent corporation.

• 5 to get something back that was lost or almost destroyed:

  • New Orleans has recovered much of its economic base, and sales tax revenues are approaching normal.

  • We had to bring in a computer expert to help us recover the data from the hard drive.

• 6 to get natural resources such as oil or gas from under the ground or sea:

  • Technological advances are helping companies recover more of the oil and gas they find.