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/ rɪˈtriv / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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verb (used with object), re·trieved, re·triev·ing. to recover or regain: to retrieve the stray ball.
to bring back to a former and better state; restore: to retrieve one's fortunes.
to make amends for: to retrieve an error.
to make good; repair: to retrieve a loss.
Hunting . (of hunting dogs) to fetch (killed or wounded game).
to draw back or reel in (a fishing line).
to rescue; save.
(in tennis, squash, handball, etc.) to make an in-bounds return of (a shot requiring running with the hand extended).
Computers . to locate and read (data) from storage, as for display on a monitor.
SEE MORE SEE LESS verb (used without object), re·trieved, re·triev·ing. Hunting . to retrieve game.
to retrieve a fishing line.
noun an act of retrieving; recovery.
the possibility of recovery.
Origin of retrieve First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English retreven, from Middle French retroev-, retreuv-, tonic stem of retrouver “to find again,” equivalent to re- re- + trouver “to find”; see trover
synonym study for retrieve 1 . See recover.
OTHER WORDS FROM retrieve re·triev·a·ble, adjective re·triev·a·bil·i·ty, noun non·re·triev·a·ble, adjective un·re·triev·a·ble, adjective
un·re·trieved, adjective
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Words nearby retrieve retrial, retribution, retributive, retributivism, retrieval, retrieve , retriever, retro, retroact, retroaction, retroactive
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He put it down his shirt and asked her to retrieve it, saying she was “all talk” and “no play” when she refused.
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Rising to retrieve it, I offer her what meager reassurance I can muster.
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It was the best effort they could make to retrieve the day, a weak ending to so magnificent a scheme.
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Or was Mr. Foger merely looking for a new venture whereby to retrieve his lost fortune.
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The last was born in the island where his father had sought to retrieve his fortune after the failure of Law's Mississippi scheme.
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It was quite likely that she had secreted it somewhere in the grounds of the mansion to retrieve it without risk later on.
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But despair could not bring relief, and activity and courage only could retrieve the time that had been lost.
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British Dictionary definitions for retrieve verb (mainly tr) to get or fetch back again; recover he retrieved his papers from various people's drawers
to bring back to a more satisfactory state; revive
to extricate from trouble or danger; rescue or save
to recover or make newly available (stored information) from a computer system
(also intr) (of a dog) to find and fetch (shot game)
tennis squash badminton to return successfully (a shot difficult to reach)
to recall; remember
SEE MORE SEE LESS noun the act of retrieving
the chance of being retrieved
Derived forms of retrieve retrievable , adjective retrievability , noun retrievably , adverb Word Origin for retrieve C15: from Old French retrover , from re- + trouver to find, perhaps from Vulgar Latin tropāre (unattested) to compose; see trover , troubadour
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