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Pronunciation

How to pronounce “recover”

“recover” is pronounced /ɹɪˈkʌvɚ/ (ri-KU-vuh) in American English and /ɹɪkʌvə/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “ov”.
The sound

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recover

/ɹɪˈkʌvɚ/

The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /ɹɪkʌvə/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.

3 beats
  1. recɹɪ
  2. ovkʌstress
  3. ervɚ
IPA (American)
/ɹɪˈkʌvɚ/
IPA (British)
/ɹɪkʌvə/
Respelling
ri-KU-vuh
Syllables
3 — rec-OV-er
Stress
Stress the second syllable: rec-OV-er. “ov” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
Part of speech
verb
Difficulty
Pro — the sounds are ordinary, the rhythm is where it slips
Accents

American and British are not the same here

American

/ɹɪˈkʌvɚ/

British

/ɹɪkʌvə/

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Meaning

What “recover” means

  1. verb

    get or find back; recover the use of

    “She regained control of herself”

  2. verb

    get over an illness or shock

    “The patient is recuperating”

  3. verb

    regain a former condition after a financial loss

    “We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90”

Say it in a sentence

“It took a month to recover the lost photographs.”
Sound by sound

The sounds inside this word

6 sounds, in the order you say them
ɹrɪshort ikkʌshort uvvɚschwa

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Questions

“recover”, answered

How do you pronounce “recover”?

“recover” is pronounced /ɹɪˈkʌvɚ/ (ri-KU-vuh) in American English and /ɹɪkʌvə/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “ov”. Build it as rec-OV-er, then run the second syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.

How many syllables does “recover” have?

3: rec · ov · er. The beat lands on the second, “ov”.

Is “recover” said differently in British English?

Yes. American English says /ɹɪˈkʌvɚ/ (ri-KU-vuh); British English says /ɹɪkʌvə/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.

What does “recover” mean?

As a verb: get or find back; recover the use of For example: “She regained control of herself” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.

Where is the stress in “recover”?

Stress the second syllable: rec-OV-er. “ov” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.

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