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återfå — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • recover verb To get better after being ill, injured, or upset.
  • regain verb To get something back after having lost it.

Senses

återfå is used for these senses in English:

  • get back (transitive) To retrieve (something); to have (something) returned.
  • recover (transitive) To get back, to regain (a physical thing; in astronomy and navigation, sight of a thing or a signal).
  • recover (intransitive, followed by "from" to show what caused the bad feeling) To get better, to regain health or prosperity.
  • regain (transitive) To get back; to recover possession of.

recover — full definition

  1. verb To get better after being ill, injured, or upset.
  2. verb To get back something that was lost, stolen, or taken.
  3. verb To win compensation or a favorable result in a legal case.

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