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Definitions of 'retrieve'
1.
If you retrieve something, you get it back from the place where you left it.
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2.
If you manage to retrieve a situation, you succeed in bringing it back into a more acceptable state.
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3.
To retrieve information from a computer or from your memory means to get it back.
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Conjugations of 'retrieve'
present simple: I retrieve, you retrieve [...]
past simple: I retrieved, you retrieved [...]
past participle: retrieved
Synonyms of 'retrieve'
MoreExamples of 'retrieve' in a sentence
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Melissa and I had to get over to the Continent to retrieve some property she left
there.Miguel's first instinct was to retrieve the balaclava, quickly pulling it back over
his head.Followed by Pottle, the burly Customs agent was already descending the stairway, pausing
only to retrieve his bass plug box.
Translations of 'retrieve'
English-French
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● transitive verb: [object] récupérer; [situation, honour] sauver; [error, loss] réparer; (Computing) [information, data, file] extraire [...]
English-Spanish
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● transitive verb: (= get back) [object] recuperar, recobrar, (= get back) [object] (Hunting) cobrar; (= put right) [error etc] reparar [...]
English-German
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● transitive verb: (= recover) zurück-/hervor-/heraus-/herunterholen; (= rescue) retten; (from wreckage etc) bergen; material from waste zurückgewinnen; (Comput) information, data abrufen; (after a crash) wiederherstellen; honour, position, money, investment wiedererlangen; loss wiedergutmachen; (= set to rights) error wiedergutmachen; situation retten; (dog) apportieren [...]
● intransitive verb: (dog) apportieren [...]
English-Italian
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● transitive verb: (get back) (object, money) ricuperare; (honour, position) riconquistare; (set to rights, error, loss, situation) rimediare a; (computing) richiamare [...]
English-Chinese
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● transitive verb: (object) 取回; (put right: situation, error) 挽回; (Computing) 检索 [...]
English-Portuguese
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● transitive verb: (sth lost) reaver, recuperar; (situation, honour) salvar; (error, loss) reparar [...]
English-Hindi
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● transitive verb: पुनः प्राप्त करना [...]
English-Japanese
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● transitive verb: 回収する [...]
English-Korean
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● transitive verb: 회수하다 [...]
'retrieve' in other languages
If you retrieve something, you get it back from the place where you left it.
Thai: ได้กลับคืน
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