retrieve

/ri'tri:v/
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retrieve

The dog runs to retrieve the ball thrown by its owner.

Definition

  1. Verb (Transitive):

    • To get or bring something back; to recover possession of: To find and return with an object, often after searching or from a specific location.
    • To find or extract stored information: To locate and obtain data or a file from a computer system, database, or memory.
    • To restore or regain a favorable condition: To bring back to a state of success, value, or good standing after a loss or decline.
    • To recall to mind; to remember: To bring back into one's conscious thought.

  2. Verb (Intransitive):

    • To locate and bring back game: Used specifically for a hunting dog finding and bringing back shot or killed birds or other game to the hunter.
Usage and Examples
  • Transitive Verb (Recover an object):
    • I need to retrieve my coat from the cloakroom.
    • The diver managed to retrieve the lost treasure from the shipwreck.
  • Transitive Verb (Computer/data context):
    • You can retrieve the document from the "Recent Files" folder.
    • The system failed to retrieve the customer's records.
  • Transitive Verb (Regain a condition):
    • The team fought hard to retrieve the situation after a poor start.
    • He hoped to retrieve his reputation by publishing a groundbreaking paper.
  • Intransitive Verb (Hunting context):
    • The Labrador is trained to retrieve from both land and water.
Advanced Usage
  • "To retrieve a situation": To take action to improve or save a situation that has become bad or difficult.
    • The new manager's strategy helped retrieve the company's failing project.
  • "Beyond retrieve/retrieval": Impossible to recover or restore.
    • After the scandal, his political career was beyond retrieve.
Variants and Related Words
  • Retrieval (noun): The process of getting something back, especially information.
    • Data retrieval from the damaged hard drive was successful.
  • Retriever (noun): A type of dog bred for retrieving game.
    • Golden Retrievers are popular family pets.
Synonyms
  • Recover: To get back something lost or taken.
  • Regain: To obtain possession or use of something again.
  • Fetch: To go for and bring back something.
  • Recall: To bring a fact, event, or situation back into one's mind.
Phrasal Verbs / Common Collocations
  • Retrieve from: To get something back from a specific place or source.
    • She retrieved her luggage from the airport's lost and found.
  • Retrieve data/information: A common collocation in computing.
    • The software is designed to retrieve information quickly.
Related Idioms
  • "Nothing to retrieve": Used to indicate that a situation is hopeless or that something is completely lost.
    • After the fire, there was nothing left to retrieve from the office.
retrieve

The dog runs to retrieve the ball thrown by its owner.

Verb
  1. 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
  2. run after, pick up, and bring to the master
    • train the dog to retrieve
  3. go for and bring back
    • retrieve the car from the parking garage
  4. get or find back; recover the use of
    • She regained control of herself
    • She found her voice and replied quickly

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