récupérer

Definitions of récupérer
  1. noun
    getting something back again
    synonyms: remboursement, restitution
  2. verb
    gather or collect
    synonyms: prendre
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    type of:
    acquérir, obtenir
    come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
  3. verb
    obtain, especially accidentally
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    types:
    rencontrer, tomber sur
    encounter by chance
    type of:
    acquérir, obtenir
    come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
  4. verb
    regain or make up for
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    types:
    rattraper
    make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point
    type of:
    acquérir, obtenir
    come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
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