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Retrievable

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Adjective

1. retrievable

capable of being regained especially with effort

Example Sentences:
'he believed the information was retrievable'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Retrievable

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verb (mainly tr)
1. 
to get or fetch back again; recover
he retrieved his papers from various people's drawers
2. 
to bring back to a more satisfactory state; revive
3. 
to extricate from trouble or danger; rescue or save
4. 
to recover or make newly available (stored information) from a computer system
5. (also intr)
(of a dog) to find and fetch (shot game)
6. tennis, squash, badminton
to return successfully (a shot difficult to reach)
7. 
to recall; remember
noun
8. 
the act of retrieving
9. 
the chance of being retrieved

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Retrievable

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verb transitiveWord forms: reˈtrieved or reˈtrieving
1. 
to get back; recover
2. 
to restore; revive
to retrieve one's spirits
3. 
to rescue or save
4. 
to set right or repair (a loss, error, etc.); make good
5. 
to recall to mind
6.  US, Computing
to gain access to (data) that is on a floppy disk, hard drive, etc.
7.  Hunting
to find and bring back (killed or wounded small game)
said of dogs
8.  Racket Sports
to return (a ball that is hard to reach)
verb intransitive
9.  Hunting
to retrieve game
noun
10. 
any retrieval
11.  US
a retrieving of the ball in tennis, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Retrievable

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v. re·trieved, re·triev·ing, re·trieves
v.tr.
1.
a. To get back into one's grasp, possession, or control, especially from a known place or a place of storage: retrieved his coat from the closet.
b. To go to and bring or escort back (someone): retrieved his friend from the bus station.
c. To search for, find, and bring back: divers retrieving artifacts from a shipwreck.
d. To search for, find, and carry back (killed game or a thrown object). Used of dogs.
e. To gain access to (stored information).
2. To recall to mind (a memory, for example); remember.
3.
a. To rescue or save: tried to retrieve him from the degradation of life as a runaway.
b. Sports To make a difficult but successful return of (a ball or shuttlecock, as in tennis or badminton).
4. To restore to a former or desirable condition: did whatever he could to retrieve his honor.
5. To rectify the unfavorable consequences of; remedy: "An attempt was made to retrieve the blunder" (Francis Parkman).
v.intr.
To find and bring back game or a thrown object: a dog trained to retrieve.
n.
1. The act of retrieving; retrieval.
2. Sports A difficult but successful return of a ball or shuttlecock.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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