reclaim
/ɹɪˈkleɪm/ verb B1- To return land to a suitable condition for use.
- To obtain useful products from waste; to recycle.
- To claim something back; to repossess.
- To return someone to a proper course of action, or correct an error; to reform.
- To bring back a term into acceptable usage, usually of a slur, and usually by the group that was once targeted by that slur.
He/she/it reclaims · Past reclaimed · Past participle reclaimed · -ing form reclaiming
Verb forms
- Base form
- reclaim
- He/she/it
- reclaims
- Past
- reclaimed
- Past participle
- reclaimed
- -ing form
- reclaiming
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Select a colorful box with resolute conviction, savor your morning meal, and actively reclaim your precious time from the tyranny of endless deliberation.
Reclaiming the fading art of traditional navigation offers a potent antidote to our increasingly automated and physically detached modern existence.
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