Search results
- DictionaryRe·trieve/rəˈtrēv/
verb
- 1. get or bring (something) back; regain possession of: "I was sent to retrieve the balls from his garden"
noun
- 1. an act of retrieving something, especially game that has been shot: "watch the dog make the long retrieves"
- 2. the possibility of recovery: archaic "he ruined himself beyond retrieve"
RETRIEVE definition: 1. to find and bring back something: 2. in tennis and similar sports, to successfully return a…. Learn more.
retrieve something to make a bad situation better; to get back something that was lost. You can only retrieve the situation by apologizing. Employers are anxious to retrieve the investment they have made in training their employees.
When you retrieve something, you bring it back. Lots of dogs love to retrieve tennis balls, bringing them back to you over and over again. You might retrieve your cell phone from the car, or the toys a baby throws repeatedly on the floor.
1. a. To get back into one's grasp, possession, or control, especially from a known place or a place of storage: retrieved his coat from the closet. b. To go to and bring or escort back (someone): retrieved his friend from the bus station. c. To search for, find, and bring back: divers retrieving artifacts from a shipwreck. d.
Definitions of 'retrieve' 1. If you retrieve something, you get it back from the place where you left it. [...] 2. If you manage to retrieve a situation, you succeed in bringing it back into a more acceptable state. [...] 3. To retrieve information from a computer or from your memory means to get it back. [...] More. Conjugations of 'retrieve'
to get something after first finding it: I've just retrieved the ball from the bottom of the pond. computer tools for retrieving information. retrieval. noun [ U ] the act of retrieving something: the storage and retrieval of information. (Definition of retrieve from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
5 days ago · If you retrieve something, you get it back from the place where you left it. The men were trying to retrieve weapons left when the army abandoned the island. Synonyms: get back , regain , repossess , fetch back More Synonyms of retrieve
