retrieve
/ɹɪˈtɹiːv/verb2 syllables
Retrieve means: recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection.
Synonyms for retrieve9
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
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