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retrieve

/ɹɪˈtɹiːv/verb2 syllables

Retrieve means: recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection.

Synonyms for retrieve9

verb, as in recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

remember, recall, call back, call up, recollect, think

verb, as in get or find back; recover the use of

What does retrieve mean?4

verb

1

recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection“I can't remember saying any such thing”

2

get or find back; recover the use of“She regained control of herself”

3

go for and bring back“retrieve the car from the parking garage”

4

run after, pick up, and bring to the master“train the dog to retrieve”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with retrieve?13

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Retrieve in a sentence

  • The secretary went to the storage room to retrieve the file.orcrist
  • Bruno's dog balances on a bodyboard to retrieve his ball in a pool.Adelpa
  • Miroslav went out to retrieve his camping gear.Amastan
  • Yanni went back into the mosque to retrieve his backpack.Amastan
  • Ziri asked his dog to retrieve the ball.Amastan
  • Ziri insisted on going to the parking lot to retrieve the car.Amastan
  • William eventually jumped into the pool to retrieve the papers.Amastan
  • The military have initiated an invasion of the ghetto to retrieve the weapon.Amastan

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of retrieve

as a verb

past tense
retrieved
present participle
retrieving
third-person singular
retrieves
past participle
retrieved