MEANING
Regaining health, strength, or resources after illness, effort, or loss.
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Words that belong together
- period of recuperation
- physical recuperation
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A period of recuperation followed the expedition.
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Word forms
- Base
- recuperation
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, explanation, evaluation. Commonness: moderately common.
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