ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Recovering

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Recovering is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of recover.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of recover.

More Meanings

  1. The process or the instance of recovery.

Example Sentences

a recovering drug addict
Fables have their own time island entertainments or fragments of embodied life refractions light and dark recoverings of race and memory passionate elusive by-blows of a richer being.

Word Forms

Synonyms for recovering

Depending on context, synonyms include sick, ill, convalescent.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include convalescent, ill, sick, regaining, recuperation, recovery.

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