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Definition of retrieve
retrieved
;retrieving
transitive verb
1 : to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game)
2 : to call to mind again
3 : to get back again : regain
4a : rescue, salvageb : to return (something, such as a ball or shuttlecock that is difficult to reach) successfully
6 : to remedy the evil consequences of : correct
7 : to get and bring back; especially : to recover from storage retrieve information
intransitive verb
: to bring in game a dog that retrieves well; also : to bring back an object thrown by a person
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Examples of retrieve in a Sentence
Many archaeological relics were retrieved from the site.
Police retrieved his stolen car.
You can quickly retrieve data.
The files were retrieved from the computer.
He was able to retrieve the document.
The dog is learning how to retrieve.
The dog has been trained to retrieve birds.
Recent Examples of retrieve from the Web
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As part of Sammarco’s investigation, Gabriel’s body was exhumed last month so that investigators could retrieve his tablet computer, which his mother had buried with him.
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Mr. Long, 29, wrote in the letter, which the authorities retrieved from his car after the assault on July 17, 2016.
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That number can then be entered into a database to find the animal’s owner and retrieve their contact information.
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On a mission to retrieve the tech CEO Gavin Belson (Matt Ross) from his retreat at a Tibetan monastery, Erlich gets waylaid at an opium den; a frustrated Gavin pays the proprietors to keep him busy there for five years.
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Kramer, the good soldier, volunteered to retrieve them.
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As her two friends began arguing with each other outside the apartment complex, Adams went into her apartment, retrieved a knife and then attacked one of the women, according to the citation.
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When students lined up to receive their official diplomas after the ceremony, Marvin Wright was told he'd have to retrieve his from the principal.
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NAIROBI, Kenya — Rescuers retrieved the body of a dead child, the first death from the collapse of an eight-story building in a low income area of the Kenyan capital, officials and witnesses said Tuesday.
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Origin and Etymology of retrieve
Middle English retreven, from Anglo-French retrueve-, present stem of retrover to find again, from re- + trover to compose, invent, find, from Vulgar Latin *tropare — more at troubadour
retrieve
Definition of retrieve
1 : retrieval
2 : the successful return of a ball that is difficult to reach or control (as in tennis)
Recent Examples of retrieve from the Web
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Too fast a retrieve allows the fish leverage to tear off the hooks.
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Minnich said the best way to fish it for shallow-water reds is with a steady retrieve.
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First Known Use of retrieve
1658
RETRIEVE Defined for English Language Learners
retrieve
playDefinition of retrieve for English Language Learners
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: to get and bring (something) back from a place
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: to find and get (information) from a computer or disk
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: to find and bring birds or animals that have been shot back to a hunter
RETRIEVE Defined for Kids
retrieve
playDefinition of retrieve for Students
retrieved
;retrieving
1 : to get and bring back One of the players retrieved the ball.
2 : to find and bring back killed or wounded game The dog learned to retrieve birds.
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