retrieve

Definition of Retrieve in English :

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Verb

1. find, recover, regain, retrieve

get or find back; recover the use of

Example Sentences:
'She regained control of herself'
'She found her voice and replied quickly'

2. retrieve

go for and bring back

Example Sentences:
'retrieve the car from the parking garage'

3. retrieve

run after, pick up, and bring to the master

Example Sentences:
'train the dog to retrieve'

4. call back, call up, recall, recollect, remember, retrieve, think

recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

Example Sentences:
'I can't remember saying any such thing'
'I can't think what her last name was'
'can you remember her phone number?'
'Do you remember that he once loved you?'
'call up memories'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Retrieve

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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

Retrieve

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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.

Retrieve

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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.

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