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
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for retrieve is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does retrieve appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — retrieve appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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