Retrieve

Definitions: Retrieve

Retrieve

Verb

1. Get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly".

2. Of trained dogs.

3. Recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection: "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?" "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "retrieve" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Computing

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Synonyms: Retrieve

Acquisition

Get back, recover, regain, retrieve, revendicate, replevy, redeem, come by one's own.

Deliverance

Verb: deliver, extricate, rescue, save, emancipate, redeem, ransom; bring off,bring through; tirer d'affaire, get the wheel out of the rut, snatch from the jaws of death, come to the rescue; rid; retrieve; (restore); be rid of, get rid of.

Restoration

Redeem, reclaim, recover, retrieve; rescue; (deliver).

Crosswords: Retrieve

Come to retrieve your vastly superior stuff? (Stargate SG-1; writing credit: Robert C. Cooper; Brad Wright)

And I pull up quick to retrieve it (Baby Got Back; performing artist: SIR MIX-A-LOT)

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Books

• From Concept to Control - using Visual Studio.NET to retrieve Disk Usage Information using the .NET Base Classes [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

• Strike and Retrieve (Super Bolan #89) (reference)

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Pictured here is a computer laboratory with rows of machinery. This technology aids in cancer research. Without it, it would be impossible to store and retrieve the vast amounts of information needed for detailed research projects.Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Shown is a technician in a white lab coat reading a printout from a computer. The new technology today helps physicians in their research attempts to store and retrieve the vast amounts of data needed to solve the mystery of cancer. In this case the technician is performing a step in the analysis of an estrogen receptor assay. Results will tell whether removal of ovaries will be necessary.Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

A vast storeroom for computer tapes that are on multi-tiered rows shelves. Without the new technology of computers, it would be impossible to store and retrieve the vast amounts of information needed for detailed cancer research being done today.Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Beginning to flake down the net after completing a set and beginning to retrieve the net prior to harvesting the fish.Credit: Fisheries.

Underwater gear is maintained by divers to clear fouling and retrieve data.Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

Figure 8. Nepyric Turbidity Measurement Instrument. The Nepyric Corporation was involved for many years with studying numerous types of sediment samplers designed to retrieve suspended solids in flowing water, retained by dams, or in marine zones. One of these models was implemented in 1948 by Jean Serpaud and used for river sediment sampling.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

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Health

Studies have shown that computer-assisted therapy can help people with aphasia retrieve and produce verbs. (references)

Civil Liberties

China

Other regulations were set up punishing persons who store, process, or retrieve information deemed to be "state secrets" from international computer networks. (references)

Economic History

France

The majority of professionals in all industries use the Internet to retrieve and submit applications. (references)

Human Rights

Iran

Those who do receive such information reportedly have been forced on occasion to pay the Government to retrieve the body of their relative. (references)

Worker Rights

Kuwait

In many cases employers exercise control over their servants by withholding their passports, although the Government prohibits this practice and in some instances has acted to retrieve the passports of maids involved in disputes. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "retrieve": beyond retrieve ♦ information retrieve ♦ past retrieve ♦ retrieve from ♦ retrieve from death. Additional references.

Beginning with "retrieve": retrieve-based.

Ending with "retrieve": fast-retrieve, re-retrieve.

Albanian

rigjej (recapture, recover), rifitoj (regain), korrigjoj (blue pencil, correct, emend, make amends, re establish, readjust, rearrange, reclaim, rectify, red pencil, reform, repair, retouch, straighten, vet). (various references)

Arabic 

‏نقذ (deliver, help, liberate, rescue, salvage, salve, save), ‏تذكر من جديد (remembering), ‏عوض (atone, indemnity, make, make amends, make up, make up for, offset, recompense, recoup, recuperate, redeem, reimburse, remunerate, requital, restore, satisfy, setoff, substitute), ‏جر (drag, dragging, draw, draw out, entrain, lug, pull, purchase, sweeping, tow, traction, trail, train, trill), ‏جدد (freshen, furbish, innovate, modernize, reawaken, recondition, redeem, refurbish, regenerate, rejuvenate, renew, renovate, repair, restore), ‏إستعاد (bring back, encore, give back, recapture, reconquer, recoup, recover, recuperate, regain, resume, scavenge, take), ‏إسترجع (call, restore), ‏إسترد (call, evict, get back, give back, recall, recapture, reconquer, recoup, recover, recuperate, regain, resume, retake, return, take back, withdraw), ‏أصلح (amend, fix, mend, overhaul, pacify, piece, reclaim, recondition, rectify, redeem, redress, refit, reform, rehabilitate, renovate, repair, rig, right, see, set right), ‏رد (answer, answer back, beat, counter, disallow, drive back, pay, pay back, put off, rebound, rebuff, rebut, rebuttal, rejoinder, render, repay, repayment, repercussion, reply, respond, response, return, reverberate, reversion, riposte, spurn, turn away), ‏بحث (brochure, cast about, consideration, discuss, discussion, disquisition, drilling for, examine, exploration, explore, fumble, hunt for, inquest, inquire, inquisition, investigate, investigation, look, look for, looking for, poke about, probe, prospection, pry, pursue, quest, research, rummage, scrounge, scrutinize, search, see, see into, seek, seeking, sought, spy, study, talk over, think through, treatise, try, ventilate). (various references)

Bulgarian 

успявам да върна топка, спасяване (escape, redemption, rescue, retrieval, save, saving), възвръщам си (get back, recapture, redeem, regain, repossess, resume), обработвам (arrange, belabor, belabour, cultivate, cure, curry, farm, husband, labor, labour, plough, process, till, tool, work, work up), припомням си (recall, recollect, remember), припомням (bring back, bring to mind, recall), получавам отново, поправям (adjust, alter, amend, blue pencil, castigate, cobble, correct, do up, doctor, emend, fix, fix up, mend, polish, recast, recondition, rectify, redeem, redress, remedy, renovate, repair, retouch, revamp, revise, service, true, vamp), подобряване (betterment, improvement, improving, mend, mending), избавяне (deliverance, extrication, redemption, rescue, retrieval, riddance, saving), избавям (bring off, deliver, extricate, redeem, rescue, rid, save). (various references)

Chinese 

检索 (retrieval, Retrieved, Retrieving). (various references)

Czech

získat zpìt (reclaim, regain), vrátit (counter, give back, hand back, put back, remit, repay, restore, return, take back, turn back), obnovit (give back, re establish, rebuild, redintegrate, regenerate, reinstate, renew, renovate, reproduce, restore, resume, revamp, revive, rub up), oživit (animate, brighten up, enliven, inspirit, jazz, liven, quicken, reanimate, recapture, regenerate, rejuvenate, revive, spirit, vitalize, vivify), nahradit (compensate, make good, make up for, recompense, recover, redeem, refund, reimburse, repay, replace, substitute, supersede, supplant, supply), aportovat. (various references)

Danish

til at fiske et braekket boreroer op med benyttes en fiskeklo med taenger(overshot)og til at hente forskelligt affald op med anvendes en skrotkurv(junk basket) (and to retrieve small items of debris, to fish out a broken pipe an overshot is used). (various references)

Dutch

terugnemen (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, cancel, remit), terughalen (abjure), herroepen (abjure), hernemen (abjure). (various references)

Faeroese

fáa aftur (abjure). (various references)

Farsi 

پس گرفتن (Abalienate, Recapture, Retreat, Withdraw, Withdrawal), حصول مجدد, جبران کردن (Atone, Compensate, Gratify, Offset, Reciprocate, Recoup, Rectify, Redress, Reimburse, Remedy, Repair), اصلاح یاتهذیب کردن , دوباره بدست اوردن (Recoup, Recover, Regain, Resume), بازیافتن (Gain, Recover, Regain, Resume). (various references)

French

retrouver (recognize, recover), retirer (reprint, retire, revoke), rechercher (research), rapporter (realize, relate, report, return, revoke), rétablir (re establish, reinstate, resettle, restore), réparer (redeem, redress, refit, renovate, repair, restore), récuperer, récupérer (recoup, recover, recuperate), récompenser (recompense, reimburse, repay, requite, reward), tirer, sauver (redeem, rescue). (various references)

German

retten (bring off, keep, preserve, receive, recover, redeem, rescue, salvage, save, to deserves, to make the best of a bad job, to salvage, to salve, to save), zurückziehen (abjure, backtrack, draw away, draw back, fly back, march back, move back, pull back, retire, retract, retreat, revocation, revoke, to retire, to retract, to retrieve, withdraw, withdrawn), zurückgewinnen (regain, to regain), wiedergutmachen (atone for, compensate, make good, put right, recompense, recover, rectify, recuperate, redress, repair, reparable, retrieval, to make up for), wiedererlangen (get back, recover, regain, resume, retrieval, to resume), herunterholen (bag, bring down, fetch down), herausholen (achieve, bring out, bust, bust out, extract, fetch out, gain, get out, win), bergen (conceal, conserve, furl, get, hide, hold, keep, maintain, pick up, preserve, protect, put away, recover, rescue, salvage, save, shelter, store, to salvage), auffinden wieder, apportieren (fetch, retrieval), abrufen (call away, call up, fetch, request delivery of, to demand, to fetch, withdraw). (various references)

Greek 

ανακτώ (recapture, recover, regain, repossess, restore). (various references)

Hebrew 

להשיג בחזרה, לדלות (draw water, heave up, ladle, raise). (various references)

Hungarian

visszaszerez (recover, redeem, regain, to get back, to make up, to reclaim, to recover, to recuperate, to redeem, to regain, to resume, to retrieve, to win back), visszanyer (get back, recover, recuperate, regain, resume, to reclaim, to recover, to recuperate, to regain, to win back). (various references)

Italian

riportare (bring again, bring back, carry, get, go back, quote, receive, refer, report, take again, take back), riparare (fix, make amends for, make up, mend, overhaul, patch up, piece, protect, redress, repair, right, screen, shelter, shield), rimediare a, ricuperare (get back, make up for, reclaim, recoup, recover, recuperate, recycle, rehabilitate, salvage), riconquistare (recapture), richiamare (advertence, appeal, attract, call, call again, call back, callback, phone back, recall, refer, ring back). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

検索 (lookup, refer to). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

けんさく (grinding, lookup, making a plan, proposal, recommendation, refer to, suggestion). (various references)

Korean 

만회하십시요. (various references)

Manx

geddyn er ash (get back, retrieval), feddyn er ash. (various references)

Pig Latin

etrieveray

Polish

odebrać. (various references)

Portuguese

restaurar (bring through, freshen, furcate, make up, re establish, realign, recondition, reconstruct, recover, redintegrate, repair, reproduce, restore, rub up), restabelecer (re establish, recuperate, redintegrate, reinstate, reset, resettle, restore), recuperar (reclaim, recover, recuperate, redeem, regain, restore, resume), recobrar (regain, upload), reaver (recapture, recover, recuperate), readquirir (recover, regain, repurchase), ir buscar (fetch, get). (various references)

Romanian

restabilire (pick up, recovery, recruital, recruitment, redintegration, re-establishment, rehabilitation, reinstatement, restoration, retrieval), restabili (piece up, re establish, recover, recruit, redintegrate, redress, rehabilitate, reinstate, reintroduce, reseat, reset, resettle, restore), repara (cobble, darn, doctor, fix, fix up, make amends for, make good, mend, overhaul, piece, readjust, reclaim, rectify, redress, reduce, refit, renovate, repair), regãsi (rediscover), reface (change, do over, do up, re establish, rebuild, recast, reclaim, recondition, reconstruct, recover, recruit, redress, reform, remake, remodel, repair, restore, retread), recupera (recoup, recover, recruit, salvage), recãpãta (recover, recuperate, regain, repossess, resume), recâştiga (make up, recover, recuperate, regain, resume), reabilita (discharge, exonerate, rehabilitate, remit, vindicate, whitewash). (various references)

Russian 

извлекать (abstract, derive, elicit, extract, extracted, extracting, uncompress, withdraw). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

povratiti (heave, reclaim, reproduce, restore, resume, vomit), ponovo dobiti (regain), izvaditi (draw, extract, fish out, pull out, take out, withdraw), doneti (bring, bring in, carry, enact, fetch, pass), aportirati (fetch). (various references)

Spanish

recuperar (catch up, get back, hold, light out, make up for, reclaim, recoup, recover, recuperate, regain, undelete). (various references)

Swedish

rädda (deliver, fearing, keep, rescue, salvage, save). (various references)

Turkish

telâfi etmek (atone, atone for, compensate, make up, make up for, overcompensate, recoup, recover, recuperate, redeem, redress, repair, repay, right, undo), kurtarmak (absolve, bail, bail out, bring off, bring through, clean up, clear, deliver, disabuse, disabuse of, disembarrass, disembody, disengage, extricate, free, get smb. out of a jam, help, keep from, liberate, pull through, recover, redeem, relieve, rescue, retrieve from, rid, salvage, salve, save, set free, tear away, unfetter, worry smb. out of smth.), kavuşmak (come together, converge, meet, rejoin, resume, return to, reunite), geri almak (claw back, declare off, draw back, recall, recapture, resume, retake, retract, revoke, set back, swallow, take back, turn back, withdraw), avı bulup getirmek. (various references)

Ukranian 

відновлювати (continue, deoxidate, proceed, re establish, reconstruct, recover, renew, repair, restore, solder), виправляти (amend, beet, better, castigate, chasten, correct, emend, oversee, re establish, reclaim, rectify, redress, reform, remedy, touch up), повернути собі (regain). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "retrieve": retrieved, retriever, retrievers, retrieves. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Retrieve" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Getreide, rebrief, redrive, rereive, rerieve, retieve, retireve, retirve, retrave, retreeve, retreieve, retreive, retreve, retrievel, retrive, retrived, retriver, retrouve. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: retiree, reverie, riveter.

-2 letters: eerier, reiver, retire, revere, revert, riever, verier, verite.

-3 letters: eerie, evert, evite, reeve, reive, retie, revet, river, rivet, trier.

-4 letters: ever, rete, rite, rive, tier, tire, tree, veer, vert, vier.

-5 letters: ere, err, eve, ire, ree, rei, ret, rev, tee, tie, vee, vet, vie.

+1 letter: retrieved, retriever, retrieves.

+2 letters: intervener, irreverent, recreative, retrievers, revertible, timeserver.

+3 letters: interveners, interviewer, privateered, reinnervate, reinterview, reiterative, retrievable, reverential, timeservers.

+4 letters: interpretive, interservice, interviewers, invertebrate, irrespective, irreverently, overdirected, overexerting, overexertion, overwintered, perversities, preinterview, preoperative, preservative, recuperative, regenerative, reinnervated, reinnervates, reinterviews, remunerative, tergiversate, veterinaries.

+5 letters: deteriorative, enteroviruses, hyperreactive, interobserver, invertebrates, irretrievable, overadvertise, overassertive, overenergetic, overexertions, overfertilize, oversecretion, perseverating, perseveration, preinterviews, preservatives, reintegrative, reinterviewed, reiteratively, retrogressive, retrospective, reverberating, reverberation, reverberative, reverentially, tergiversated, tergiversates, whithersoever.

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