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Definitions for Retrieve

[1] to recover or regain: to retrieve the stray ball.
[2] to bring back to a former and better state; restore: to retrieve one's fortunes.
[3] to make amends for: to retrieve an error.
[4] to make good; repair: to retrieve a loss.
[5] Hunting . (of hunting dogs) to fetch (killed or wounded game).
[6] to draw back or reel in (a fishing line).
[7] to rescue; save.
[8] (in tennis, squash, handball, etc.) to make an in-bounds return of (a shot requiring running with the hand extended).
[9] Computers . to locate and read (data) from storage, as for display on a monitor.
[10] Hunting . to retrieve game.
[11] to retrieve a fishing line.
[12] an act of retrieving; recovery.
[13] the possibility of recovery.
[14] to get or fetch back again; recover he retrieved his papers from various people's drawers
[15] to bring back to a more satisfactory state; revive
[16] to extricate from trouble or danger; rescue or save
[17] to recover or make newly available (stored information) from a computer system
[18] (also intr) (of a dog) to find and fetch (shot game)
[19] tennis squash badminton to return successfully (a shot difficult to reach)
[20] to recall; remember
[21] the act of retrieving
[22] the chance of being retrieved

Words related to Retrieve

repair, save, rescue, restore, recapture, recover, salvage, fetch, reclaim, regain, recall, recruit, repossess, redeem, recoup, reacquire

Words nearby Retrieve

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

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

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

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

Synonyms for Retrieve

bring back, fetch, recapture, reclaim, recover, repair, rescue, restore, salvage, save, recall, recoup, recruit, redeem, regain, repossess, reacquire, win back