recoverable

[ ri-kuhv-er-uh-buh l ]

/ rɪˈkʌv ər ə bəl /

able to recover or be recovered: a patient now believed to be recoverable; recoverable losses on his investments.

Nearby words

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; see origin at recover, -able

Related formsre·cov·er·a·bil·i·ty, re·cov·er·a·ble·ness, nounnon·re·cov·er·a·ble, adjectiveun·re·cov·er·a·ble, adjective

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There is definitively a post-concussion time period during which children suffer from recoverable cognitive and emotional changes.
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If you don't do continuous maintenance, you may permanently lose some of your recoverable oil.
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For a short time Bonin did put the nose down and the situation was recoverable.
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Where the risk had not attached, money paid by way of premium or otherwise shall be recoverable from the insurer.
Harper's Pictorial Library of the World War, Volume XII|Various

Had the whole sum been recoverable it might have saved the Budget of a Chancellor of the Exchequer struggling with a deficit.
Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2)|George Jacob Holyoake
I fondly catch, I confess, at any of these recoverable lights; finding them at the best too scant for my commemorative purpose.
Notes of a Son and Brother|Henry James
The names of monasteries in the Jordan Valley, otherwise unnoticed, are recoverable in his account.
Palestine|Claude Reignier Conder
Are the entire songs, of which the above lines form the commencements, known or recoverable?
Notes and Queries, Number 54, November 9, 1850|Various

adj.

late 15c., from Old French recouvrable, from recouvrer (see recover) .