retrieve — ozdic

Collocations

4

ADJ.

managed, outside, walid

I managed to retrieve my lost wallet from the police station yesterday.

VERB + RETRIEVE

attempt, can't, likes, parking, place, police, pool, sent

The police attempted to retrieve the stolen artwork from the suspect's house.

RETRIEVE + NOUN

backpack, ball, balls, bodies, car, character, equipment, layla

She had to retrieve her backpack from the lost and found at the airport.

PREP.

from, in, with

I had to retrieve my keys from the bottom of my bag this morning.

Definitions

verb

1

To regain or get back something.

to retrieve one's character or independence; to retrieve a thrown ball

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.

5

To remember or recall something.

noun

1

A retrieval.

Secondly, the number of retrieves given in any one session is restricted according to the dog's level of interest. If he is not madly keen he has perhaps two or three retrieves in a session, and on some days he will have none at all.

2

The return of a difficult ball.

3

A seeking again; a discovery.

4

The recovery of game once sprung.

we'll bring Wax to the retrieve

Thesaurus

Synonyms

verb — recall knowledge from memory

verb — get or find back

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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01

to retrieve one's character or independence; to retrieve a thrown ball

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02

With late repentance now they would retrieve / The bodies they forsook, and wish to live.

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03

to retrieve them from their cold, trivial conceits

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04

Secondly, the number of retrieves given in any one session is restricted according to the dog's level of interest. If he is not madly keen he has perhaps two or three retrieves in a session, and on so

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05

we'll bring Wax to the retrieve

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06

The secretary went to the storage room to retrieve the file.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, retrieve is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.