retrieve

Universal Words verb [VN] 1 ~ sth (from sb/sth) (formal) to bring or get sth back, especially from a place where it should not be: She bent to retrieve her comb from the floor. * The police have managed to retrieve some of the stolen money. * The dog retrieved the ball from the water. 2 (computing) to find and get back data or information that has been stored in the memory of a computer: to retrieve information from the database * The program allows you to retrieve items quickly by searching under a keyword. 3 to make a bad situation better; to get back sth that was lost: You can only retrieve the situation by apologizing. * Employers are anxious to retrieve the investment they have made in training their employees. retrievable adjective OPPIRRETRIEVABLE