retrieve

[ ri-treev ]

/ rɪˈtriv /

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.

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

1375–1425; late Middle English retreven < Middle French retroev-, retreuv-, tonic stem of retrouver to find again, equivalent to re- re- + trouver to find; see trover

SYNONYMS 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

Words nearby retrieve

retrial, retribution, retributive, retributivism, retrieval, retrieve, retriever, retro, retro-, retro-operative, retroact

British Dictionary definitions for retrievability

retrieve

/ (rɪˈtriːv) /

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

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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retrieve

verb (used with object), re·trieved, re·triev·ing.

verb (used without object), re·trieved, re·triev·ing.

noun

Origin of retrieve

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OTHER WORDS FROM retrieve

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British Dictionary definitions for retrievability

verb (mainly tr)

noun

Derived forms of retrieve

Word Origin for retrieve

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

retrieve

verb (used with object), re·trieved, re·triev·ing.

verb (used without object), re·trieved, re·triev·ing.

noun

Origin of retrieve

SYNONYMS FOR retrieve

OTHER WORDS FROM retrieve

Words nearby retrieve

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verb (mainly tr)

noun

Derived forms of retrieve

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