récupérer — meaning in English
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English meaning
- collect verb To gather things together, often systematically.
- reclaim verb To get something back that was lost, taken, or given up.
- recover verb To get better after being ill, injured, or upset.
- retrieve verb To get something back, especially something that was lost, stored, or left somewhere.
- salvage noun The rescue of a ship, its cargo, or other property from damage or loss, or the property recovered this way.
Senses
récupérer is used for these senses in English:
- collect (transitive) To get; particularly, get from someone.
- get back (transitive) To retrieve (something); to have (something) returned.
- reclaim (transitive) To claim something back; to repossess.
- recover (intransitive, followed by "from" to show what caused the bad feeling) To get better, to regain health or prosperity.
- retrieve (transitive) To regain or get back something.
- salvage (transitive, of discarded goods) To put to use.
- take back (transitive) To regain possession of (something).
collect — full definition
- verb To gather things together, often systematically.
- verb To go and get someone or something; to pick up.
- verb To receive payment that is owed.
reclaim — full definition
- verb To get something back that was lost, taken, or given up.
- verb To make land usable again, especially by draining water or clearing waste from it.
- verb To recover useful material from waste so it can be reused.