Meaning & use
reclaim
To get something back after it was lost, taken away, or given up.
See it in a sentence
The team fought hard to reclaim the championship title they had lost last year.
Engineers worked for decades to reclaim the marshland and turn it into farmland.
A note on using this word
Reclaim can describe recovering property, status, or even land from natural conditions like flooding or erosion.
Words with a similar meaning
recoverregain
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