"precovery" meaning in All languages combined

See precovery on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: precoveries [plural]
Etymology: Blend of pre- + recovery Etymology templates: {{blend|en|pre-|recovery}} Blend of pre- + recovery Head templates: {{en-noun}} precovery (plural precoveries)
  1. (astronomy) The use of previously gathered data (especially photographic images) to recover a recently discovered object (typically a small solar system body). Categories (topical): Astronomy
    Sense id: en-precovery-en-noun-gmwQJbK1 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
  2. (slang) The act of resting before a long night, weekend or season of binge drinking. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Drinking
    Sense id: en-precovery-en-noun-zQyY2CZe Disambiguation of Drinking: 18 82 Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English blends: 44 56 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 38 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: precover

Inflected forms

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