retrieve

//ɹɪˈtɹiːv//

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

formal

Note for retrieve

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Forms

Verb
A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1): retrieve
past (v2): retrieved
past participle (v3): retrieved
present participle: retrieving
3rd person singular: retrieves

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural: retrieves

Definitions

Verb
A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1.To regain or get back something.
- With late repentance now they would retrieve / The bodies they forsook, and wish to live.
2.To rescue (a creature).
3.To salvage something
4.To remedy or rectify something.

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1.A retrieval.
2.The return of a difficult ball.

Frequency

Overall

Rare· #4184

By learning goal

Everyday conversation: Rare
General reading & writing: Rare
Academic: Rare
Literature: Rare

Related words

Antonyms

forget

Synonyms

find
recover

Etymology

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”).

Data sources:

Wiktionary (Wiktextract) (CC BY-SA)
Princeton WordNet (WordNet License)
Tatoeba (CC BY)
COCA / wordfrequency.info (derived frequency bands only)

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VerbVerb×A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

NounNoun×A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

VerbVerb×A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

NounNoun×A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

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By learning goal

Antonyms

Synonyms

Verb
A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Verb
A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.