retrieve
[ ri-treev ]
/ rɪˈtriv /
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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.
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Origin of retrieve
synonym study for retrieve
1. See recover.
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British Dictionary definitions for retrieve
retrieve
/ (rɪˈtriːv) /
verb (mainly tr)
noun
the act of retrieving
the chance of being retrieved
Derived forms of retrieve
retrievable, adjectiveretrievability, nounretrievably, 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
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