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recuperate

v.
B2 Upper Intermediate US //ɹɪˈkupɝˌeɪt// UK //ɹɪkjˈuːpəɹˌeɪt// re·cu·per·ate

v. to get better after being sick or injured. You use this when you need time to rest and regain your strength.

v. to recover from illness, injury, or exhaustion. Often implies a period of rest or medical treatment to restore health.


SIMPLE

She needs a week of vacation to recuperate from her surgery.

CONTEXTUAL

After the long hike through the mountains, the team stayed in the cabin for two days to recuperate.

COMPLEX

The athlete's career was nearly over after the knee injury, but a strict regimen of physical therapy allowed him to recuperate and return to the field within six months.

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Borrowed from Latin recuperāre, alternative form of reciperāre (“get again, regain, recover”). Doublet of recover. The pronunciation without /j/ may have been influenced by the semantically similar, but etymologically distinct verb recoup.

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