Retrieve
11retrieve — [v] get back bring back, fetch, reacquire, recall, recapture, reclaim, recoup, recover, recruit, redeem, regain, repair, repossess, rescue, restore, salvage, save, win back; concepts 120,131 Ant. give, offer, relinquish …
12retrieve — ► VERB 1) get or bring back. 2) (of a dog) find and bring back (game that has been shot). 3) find or extract (information stored in a computer). 4) rescue from a state of difficulty or collapse. ► NOUN ▪ an act of retrieving. DERIVATIVES …
13retrieve — 01. She forgot her purse on a park bench, and when she went back to [retrieve] it, someone had taken it. 02. The workmen had to return to [retrieve] some equipment they had left behind. 03. I hope I am able to [retrieve] the documents I lost when …
14retrieve — retrievable, adj. retrievability, n. /ri treev /, v., retrieved, retrieving, n. v.t. 1. to recover or regain: to retrieve the stray ball. 2. to bring back to a former and better state; restore: to retrieve one s fortunes. 3. to make amends for:… …
15retrieve — [[t]rɪtri͟ːv[/t]] retrieves, retrieving, retrieved 1) VERB If you retrieve something, you get it back from the place where you left it. [V n] He reached over and retrieved his jacket from the back seat... [V n] The men were trying to retrieve… …
16retrieve — re|trieve [rıˈtri:v] v [T] [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: retrover to find again , from trover to find ] 1.) formal to find something and bring it back →↑recover ▪ She bent down to retrieve her earring. retrieve sth from sth ▪ It took… …
17retrieve — verb 1 (T) formal to find something and bring it back: retrieve sth from: I went back to the locker room to retrieve my jacket. | The wreckage of the crashed plane was retrieved from the ocean. 2 retrieve your losses get back money equal to what… …
18retrieve */ — UK [rɪˈtriːv] / US [rɪˈtrɪv] verb Word forms retrieve : present tense I/you/we/they retrieve he/she/it retrieves present participle retrieving past tense retrieved past participle retrieved 1) [transitive] formal to get something back, especially …
19retrieve — v. (D; tr.) to retrieve from (to retrieve data from a computer) * * * [rɪ triːv] (D; tr.) to retrieve from (to retrieve data from a computer) …
20retrieve — re|trieve [ rı triv ] verb * 1. ) transitive FORMAL to get something back, especially something that is not easy to find: She stooped to retrieve the key from the ground. rescue efforts to retrieve the bodies of the victims 2. ) transitive to… …
