retrieve

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To regain or get back something.
2. (transitive) To rescue (a creature).
3. (transitive) To salvage something
4. (transitive) To remedy or rectify something.
5. (transitive) To remember or recall something.
6. (transitive) To fetch or carry back something, especially (computing) a file or data record.
7. (transitive) To fetch and bring in game.
8. (intransitive) To fetch and bring in game systematically.
9. (intransitive) To fetch or carry back systematically, notably as a game.
10. (transitive) To make a difficult but successful return of the ball.
11. (obsolete) To remedy the evil consequence of, to repair (a loss or damage).

Noun

1. A retrieval
2. The return of a difficult ball
3. (obsolete) A seeking again; a discovery.
4. (obsolete) The recovery of game once sprung.

Synonyms

recover

regain

get back

fetch

recapture

take back

restore

redeem

recoup

reclaim

bring

recall

search

revive

find

🔍

repossess

save

get data

redress

call up

remember

call back

rescue

pull

quest

raise up

seek

🔍

seek out

think

🤔

withdraw

recollect

access

rectify

recuperate

right

safeguard

snatch

submit

take

win back

worm

🪱

read out

cause to appear

Hakea

take out

apply

beat about

bring back

call for

cancel

Translations

recuperare

recuperar

récupérer

recuperar

επανορθώνω

riavere

ανακτώ

recobrar

ricuperare

rétablir

zurückziehen

wiedergewinnen

ξαναβρίσκω

recuperar

abrufen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈtɹiːv/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: -

In summary

Recorded in Middle English c. 1410 as retreve (altered to retrive in the 16th century; modern form is from c. 1650), from Middle French retruev-, stem of Old French retrover (“to find again”, modern retrouver), itself from re- (“again”) + trover (“to find”), probably from Vulgar Latin *tropāre (“to compose”).