retrieve

/ri'tri:v/

Definition

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.
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

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.

Verb

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

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