retrieve
[ ri-treev ]
/ rɪˈtriv /
verb (used with object), re·trieved, re·triev·ing.
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
OTHER WORDS FROM retrieve
Words nearby retrieve
retrial,
retribution,
retributive,
retributivism,
retrieval,
retrieve,
retriever,
retro,
retro-,
retro-operative,
retroact
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British Dictionary definitions for retrieved
retrieve
/ (rɪˈtriːv) /
verb (mainly tr)
noun
the act of retrieving
the chance of being retrieved
Derived forms of retrieve
retrievable, adjective retrievability, noun retrievably, adverbWord Origin for retrieve
C15: from Old French
retrover, from
re- +
trouver to find, perhaps from Vulgar Latin
tropāre (unattested) to compose; see
trover,
troubadour