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Spell Bee Word: Recover

Recover (verb): to get well again after being ill or hurt. It can also mean to get back something that was lost.


What does recover mean?

Word: Recover

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Recover means to get well again after being ill or hurt. It can also mean to get back something that was lost.

Synonyms: get well

Antonyms: worsen

How do you spell recover?

Syllables: re - cov - er

Tricky part: The middle sounds like cuv, but it is spelt with an o, as in cover and love.

Watch out for: recuver, racuver

Memory tip: The o in recover sounds like u, the same as in love and glove.

Recover in a sentence

Example 1: It took Grandpa two weeks to recover from the flu.

Example 2: Mira recovered her lost ring from under the bed.

Example 3: Grandma told me to rest so I would recover soon.

Fun Fact

Recover comes from the Latin recuperare, which also gave English the longer word recuperate.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

recover

a) forget
b) fall
c) heal
d) break

Show answer

c) heal. To heal is to get better, which is what recover means.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) remember
b) reward
c) return
d) reccover

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d) reccover. Recover has a single c after re.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

recov_r

a) o
b) a
c) e
d) u

Show answer

c) e. Recover ends in er, the same as cover.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

vercore

a) recover
b) ecrover
c) rceover
d) rcoever

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a) recover. Re comes first, and the word ends with another r.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Riya is recovering from a cold. What will help her most?

a) staying up all night
b) warm soup and plenty of sleep
c) a cold swim in the river
d) a long run in the rain

Show answer

b) warm soup and plenty of sleep

2. Papa recovered the cricket ball from the bushes. What happened to the ball?

a) It was sold.
b) It was found.
c) It was painted.
d) It was broken.

Show answer

b) It was found.

Associated Words

Words that end in -ver: discover, however, screwdriver, whatever, rediscover, deliver

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speedboat, university, argument, cedar, doughnut, goldfish, jackal, mountain

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