Recuperate
verb
To get back your health, strength, or happiness after an illness, injury, or time of trouble.
After her surgery, it took several weeks for her to recuperate.
Often appears as...
- recuperate from surgery
- take time to recuperate
verb
To regain or reclaim something lost or spent, like money.
The company hopes to recuperate its investment within five years.
Often appears as...
- recuperate losses
- recuperate expenses
verb
To get back your health, strength, or happiness after an illness, injury, or time of trouble.
After her surgery, it took several weeks for her to recuperate.
Often appears as...
- recuperate from surgery
- take time to recuperate
verb
To regain or reclaim something lost or spent, like money.
The company hopes to recuperate its investment within five years.
Often appears as...
- recuperate losses
- recuperate expenses
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Healing
Use 'recuperate' to talk about getting better after physical ailments.
He's been recuperating from a broken leg.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Recovery
It can also mean recovering from emotional stress, not just physical illness.
She took a vacation to recuperate from the stress at work.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Context
'Recuperate' is often used in personal contexts, like discussing health with friends or family.
After the flu, I need some time to recuperate.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Healing
Use 'recuperate' to talk about getting better after physical ailments.
He's been recuperating from a broken leg.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Recovery
It can also mean recovering from emotional stress, not just physical illness.
She took a vacation to recuperate from the stress at work.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Context
'Recuperate' is often used in personal contexts, like discussing health with friends or family.
After the flu, I need some time to recuperate.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Healing
Use 'recuperate' to talk about getting better after physical ailments.
He's been recuperating from a broken leg.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Recovery
It can also mean recovering from emotional stress, not just physical illness.
She took a vacation to recuperate from the stress at work.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Context
'Recuperate' is often used in personal contexts, like discussing health with friends or family.
After the flu, I need some time to recuperate.
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Our buggy moral code -...
moved toward my legs giving me a trend of improvement over time that would have been also less painful it also turns out would have been good to give me breaks in the middle to kind of recuperate from the pain all of these would have been great things to do and my nurses had no idea and from that point on I started thinking are the nurses the only people in the world who get things wrong in
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Our buggy moral code PIPE...
moved toward my legs giving me a trend of improvement over time that would have been also less painful it also turns out who have been good to give me breaks in the middle to kind of recuperate from the pain all of these would have been great things to do and my nurses had no idea and from that point on I started thinking are the nurses the only people in the world who get things wrong in
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Why we think it's OK to...
And it also turns out that it would have been good to give me breaks in the middle to kind of recuperate from the pain. All of these would have been great things to do, and my nurses had no idea. And from that point on I started thinking, are the nurses the only people in the world who get things wrong in this particular decision, or is it a more general case?
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Inside a Dog Retirement...
got an infection in his spine it could have possibly come from the infection in his mouth and so with the help of the short-term care that we had money in our bank account and then our supporters helping us you know kind of top it off so that we could pay for it Spencer is now recuperating and doing
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Watch: Elephant Attack...
away amazingly x-rays in the nearest hospital showed no broken bones but while I was recuperating we had time to consider why this elephant who we named Carly the courageous had run a hundred and fifty meters from a position of safety to tackle a perceived threat it
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Frida Kahlo: The woman...
As a result of the bus accident, she experienced life-long health complications and endured many hospitalizations. She often contemplated the physical and psychological effects of disability in her work; painting herself in agony, recuperating from operations,
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Why noise is bad for...
but we do not have enough evidence yet to, in fact, conclude that these diseases are caused by the noise. Yet another important effect of noise is sleep disturbance. Sleep is a very active mechanism that recuperates us and prepares us for the next wake period.
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Wes Moore: How to talk...
and the reason it's not landing safely is because it's not responding to the commands that her legs are giving because her legs were blown off. She barely survives. Medics come and they save her life, but then as she's doing her recuperation back at home,
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Amputee Tiger Saved From...
these injured Tigers - and if they can be treated and there they can recover and recuperate then we have an opportunity to maybe even release them back into the wild yes that's exactly what we need there's numerous projects and
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Why sitting is bad for...
and take it for a walk. That may sound ridiculous. Our bodies love to sit, right? Not really. Sure, sitting for brief periods can help us recover from stress or recuperate from exercise.
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Our buggy moral code -...
moved toward my legs giving me a trend of improvement over time that would have been also less painful it also turns out would have been good to give me breaks in the middle to kind of recuperate from the pain all of these would have been great things to do and my nurses had no idea and from that point on I started thinking are the nurses the only people in the world who get things wrong in
Video examples
Our buggy moral code PIPE...
moved toward my legs giving me a trend of improvement over time that would have been also less painful it also turns out who have been good to give me breaks in the middle to kind of recuperate from the pain all of these would have been great things to do and my nurses had no idea and from that point on I started thinking are the nurses the only people in the world who get things wrong in
Video examples
Why we think it's OK to...
And it also turns out that it would have been good to give me breaks in the middle to kind of recuperate from the pain. All of these would have been great things to do, and my nurses had no idea. And from that point on I started thinking, are the nurses the only people in the world who get things wrong in this particular decision, or is it a more general case?
Video examples
Inside a Dog Retirement...
got an infection in his spine it could have possibly come from the infection in his mouth and so with the help of the short-term care that we had money in our bank account and then our supporters helping us you know kind of top it off so that we could pay for it Spencer is now recuperating and doing
Video examples
Watch: Elephant Attack...
away amazingly x-rays in the nearest hospital showed no broken bones but while I was recuperating we had time to consider why this elephant who we named Carly the courageous had run a hundred and fifty meters from a position of safety to tackle a perceived threat it
Video examples
Frida Kahlo: The woman...
As a result of the bus accident, she experienced life-long health complications and endured many hospitalizations. She often contemplated the physical and psychological effects of disability in her work; painting herself in agony, recuperating from operations,
Video examples
Why noise is bad for...
but we do not have enough evidence yet to, in fact, conclude that these diseases are caused by the noise. Yet another important effect of noise is sleep disturbance. Sleep is a very active mechanism that recuperates us and prepares us for the next wake period.
Video examples
Wes Moore: How to talk...
and the reason it's not landing safely is because it's not responding to the commands that her legs are giving because her legs were blown off. She barely survives. Medics come and they save her life, but then as she's doing her recuperation back at home,
Video examples
Amputee Tiger Saved From...
these injured Tigers - and if they can be treated and there they can recover and recuperate then we have an opportunity to maybe even release them back into the wild yes that's exactly what we need there's numerous projects and
Video examples
Why sitting is bad for...
and take it for a walk. That may sound ridiculous. Our bodies love to sit, right? Not really. Sure, sitting for brief periods can help us recover from stress or recuperate from exercise.
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Quote examples
Chris Coleman
Welsh Businessman
Of course training is very important, but resting is just as important. You have to get your recuperation, and I think all players make that mistake where they train hard but they don't rest enough, and even our school boy players, we tell them to get a lot of rest.
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Terry Eagleton
English Critic
There is no way in which we can retrospectively erase the Treaty of Vienna or the Great Irish Famine. It is a peculiar feature of human actions that, once performed, they can never be recuperated. What is true of the past will always be true of it.
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Aloe Blacc
American Musician
I've become more introverted as I've got older. I used to be an outgoing person who joked around a lot, but as the amount of energy I expend by sharing my music has increased, I like to balance it by spending time by myself and recuperating.
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Mark Haddon
English Novelist
I'm really lucky in that I can do lots of different things. It must be really hard to just be a poet or just be a novelist - a constant cycle of effort and exhaustion and recuperation.
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Rube Goldberg
American Cartoonist
Uh, I just had an operation last March which was rather serious and I'm recuperating now. I'm on a very bland diet. But, uh, I'm lucky, I was just lucky, that's all.
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Franka Potente
German Actress
I've made movies where I was not happy, and I'd rather not work for a year than do a bad film. It takes a long time for me to recuperate when I do that.
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Caitlyn Jenner
American Athlete
It hurts every day when you practice hard, but when this decathlon is over, I got the rest of my life to recuperate. Who cares how bad it hurts?
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Joel Salatin
American Author
We move the cows every day to a new spot which allows the grass time to recuperate and go through its what I call 'the teenage growth spurt.
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Christine Baranski
American Actress
Why would I lose sleep when I really need valuable sleep just to recuperate and come back and do my job?
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Daniel Mays
English Actor
Sundays are a day for recuperation and family.
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Chris Coleman
Welsh Businessman
Of course training is very important, but resting is just as important. You have to get your recuperation, and I think all players make that mistake where they train hard but they don't rest enough, and even our school boy players, we tell them to get a lot of rest.
Quote examples
Terry Eagleton
English Critic
There is no way in which we can retrospectively erase the Treaty of Vienna or the Great Irish Famine. It is a peculiar feature of human actions that, once performed, they can never be recuperated. What is true of the past will always be true of it.
Quote examples
Aloe Blacc
American Musician
I've become more introverted as I've got older. I used to be an outgoing person who joked around a lot, but as the amount of energy I expend by sharing my music has increased, I like to balance it by spending time by myself and recuperating.
Quote examples
Mark Haddon
English Novelist
I'm really lucky in that I can do lots of different things. It must be really hard to just be a poet or just be a novelist - a constant cycle of effort and exhaustion and recuperation.
Quote examples
Rube Goldberg
American Cartoonist
Uh, I just had an operation last March which was rather serious and I'm recuperating now. I'm on a very bland diet. But, uh, I'm lucky, I was just lucky, that's all.
Quote examples
Franka Potente
German Actress
I've made movies where I was not happy, and I'd rather not work for a year than do a bad film. It takes a long time for me to recuperate when I do that.
Quote examples
Caitlyn Jenner
American Athlete
It hurts every day when you practice hard, but when this decathlon is over, I got the rest of my life to recuperate. Who cares how bad it hurts?
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Joel Salatin
American Author
We move the cows every day to a new spot which allows the grass time to recuperate and go through its what I call 'the teenage growth spurt.
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Christine Baranski
American Actress
Why would I lose sleep when I really need valuable sleep just to recuperate and come back and do my job?
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Daniel Mays
English Actor
Sundays are a day for recuperation and family.
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