Meaning & use

reclaim

verb·Academic

To get something back after it was lost, taken away, or given up.

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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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