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retrieve
/ɹəˈtɹiv/
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What does retrieve mean?
verb
- To regain or get back something.
- To rescue (a creature).
- To salvage something
More meanings (12)
verb
- To remedy or rectify something.
- To remember or recall something.
- To fetch or carry back something, especially (computing) a file or data record.
- To fetch and bring in game.
- To fetch and bring in game systematically.
- To fetch or carry back systematically, notably as a game.
- To make a difficult but successful return of the ball.
- (obsolete) To remedy the evil consequence of, to repair (a loss or damage).
noun
- A retrieval.
- The return of a difficult ball.
- (obsolete) A seeking again; a discovery.
- (obsolete) The recovery of game once sprung.
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IPA pronunciation
/ɹəˈtɹiv/
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He has an exceptionally fine nose, and makes a very useful dog for rough shooting, being easily taught to retrieve.
She added that her dupe was quite disposed to make another venture, by which she hoped to retrieve her former loss.
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And whatever may be the fate of virtuous parents, children brought up in dens of physical and moral filth cannot retrieve self-respect.
He instantly saw that the credit of the hotel was in danger, unless something was done to retrieve the character of the room numbered Fourteen.
The tank, carrying the driver and one passenger, made five trips into the ground zero area to retrieve soil samples on 16 and 17 July.