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re·trieve

(rĭ-trēv′)

v. re·trieved, re·triev·ing, re·trieves

v.tr.

a. To get back into one's grasp, possession, or control, especially from a known place or a place of storage: retrieved his coat from the closet.

b. To go to and bring or escort back (someone): retrieved his friend from the bus station.

c. To search for, find, and bring back: divers retrieving artifacts from a shipwreck.

d. To search for, find, and carry back (killed game or a thrown object). Used of dogs.

e. To gain access to (stored information).

2. To recall to mind (a memory, for example); remember.

a. To rescue or save: tried to retrieve him from the degradation of life as a runaway.

b. Sports To make a difficult but successful return of (a ball or shuttlecock, as in tennis or badminton).

4. To restore to a former or desirable condition: did whatever he could to retrieve his honor.

5. To rectify the unfavorable consequences of; remedy: "An attempt was made to retrieve the blunder" (Francis Parkman).

v.intr.

To find and bring back game or a thrown object: a dog trained to retrieve.

1. The act of retrieving; retrieval.

2. Sports A difficult but successful return of a ball or shuttlecock.

[Middle English retreven, from Old French retrover, retruev- : re-, re- + trover, to find; see trover.]

re·triev′a·bil′i·ty n.

re·triev′a·ble adj.

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retrieve

(rɪˈtriːv)

vb (mainly tr)

1. to get or fetch back again; recover: he retrieved his papers from various people's drawers.

2. to bring back to a more satisfactory state; revive

3. to extricate from trouble or danger; rescue or save

4. (Computer Science) to recover or make newly available (stored information) from a computer system

5. (Hunting) (also intr) (of a dog) to find and fetch (shot game)

6. (Tennis) tennis squash badminton to return successfully (a shot difficult to reach)

7. (Squash & Fives) tennis squash badminton to return successfully (a shot difficult to reach)

8. (Badminton) tennis squash badminton to return successfully (a shot difficult to reach)

9. to recall; remember

10. the act of retrieving

11. the chance of being retrieved

[C15: from Old French retrover, from re- + trouver to find, perhaps from Vulgar Latin tropāre (unattested) to compose; see trover, troubadour]

reˈtrievable adj

reˌtrievaˈbility n

reˈtrievably adv

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re•trieve

(rɪˈtriv)

v. -trieved, -triev•ing,
n. v.t.

1. to recover or regain.

2. to bring back to a former and better state; restore.

3. to make amends for; make good; repair: to retrieve an error.

4. to recall to mind.

5. (of hunting dogs) to fetch (killed or wounded game).

6. to rescue; save.

7. (in tennis, handball, etc.) to make an in-bounds return of (a difficult shot).

8. to locate and read (data) from computer storage, as for display on a monitor.

v.i.

9. to retrieve game.

10. an act of retrieving; recovery.

11. the possibility of recovery.

[1375–1425; late Middle English retreven < Middle French retroev-, retreuv-, tonic s. of retrouver to find again =re- re- + trouver to find; see trover]

re•triev′a•ble, adj.

re•triev`a•bil′i•ty, n.

retrieve

Past participle: retrieved
Gerund: retrieving

Imperative
retrieve
retrieve

Present
I retrieve
you retrieve
he/she/it retrieves
we retrieve
you retrieve
they retrieve

Preterite
I retrieved
you retrieved
he/she/it retrieved
we retrieved
you retrieved
they retrieved

Present Continuous
I am retrieving
you are retrieving
he/she/it is retrieving
we are retrieving
you are retrieving
they are retrieving

Present Perfect
I have retrieved
you have retrieved
he/she/it has retrieved
we have retrieved
you have retrieved
they have retrieved

Past Continuous
I was retrieving
you were retrieving
he/she/it was retrieving
we were retrieving
you were retrieving
they were retrieving

Past Perfect
I had retrieved
you had retrieved
he/she/it had retrieved
we had retrieved
you had retrieved
they had retrieved

Future
I will retrieve
you will retrieve
he/she/it will retrieve
we will retrieve
you will retrieve
they will retrieve

Future Perfect
I will have retrieved
you will have retrieved
he/she/it will have retrieved
we will have retrieved
you will have retrieved
they will have retrieved

Future Continuous
I will be retrieving
you will be retrieving
he/she/it will be retrieving
we will be retrieving
you will be retrieving
they will be retrieving

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been retrieving
you have been retrieving
he/she/it has been retrieving
we have been retrieving
you have been retrieving
they have been retrieving

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been retrieving
you will have been retrieving
he/she/it will have been retrieving
we will have been retrieving
you will have been retrieving
they will have been retrieving

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been retrieving
you had been retrieving
he/she/it had been retrieving
we had been retrieving
you had been retrieving
they had been retrieving

Conditional
I would retrieve
you would retrieve
he/she/it would retrieve
we would retrieve
you would retrieve
they would retrieve

Past Conditional
I would have retrieved
you would have retrieved
he/she/it would have retrieved
we would have retrieved
you would have retrieved
they would have retrieved

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Verb	1.	retrieve - get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly" recover, regain, find acquire, get - come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work" access - obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer regain, find - come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost; "Did you find your glasses?"; "I cannot find my gloves!"
	2.	retrieve - go for and bring back; "retrieve the car from the parking garage" fetch, bring, get, convey - go or come after and bring or take back; "Get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat" retrieve - run after, pick up, and bring to the master; "train the dog to retrieve"
	3.	retrieve - run after, pick up, and bring to the master; "train the dog to retrieve" fetch, bring, get, convey - go or come after and bring or take back; "Get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat" retrieve - go for and bring back; "retrieve the car from the parking garage"
	4.	retrieve - 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" recall, recollect, remember, call back, call up, think know - perceive as familiar; "I know this voice!" recognize, recognise - perceive to be the same brush up, refresh, review - refresh one's memory; "I reviewed the material before the test"

retrieve

verb

1. get back, regain, repossess, fetch back, recall, recover, restore, recapture He retrieved his jacket from the seat.

2. redeem, save, rescue, repair, salvage, win back, recoup He could retrieve the situation.

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retrieve

verb

To get back:

recoup, recover, regain, repossess.

Translations

يَسْتَرِد، يَسْتَعيديَسْتَرِدُّ شَيْئا مَفْقودا

aportovatzískat zpět

få tilbagegenoprettehente

apportieren wiederbekommen zurückholen

διορθώνω επανορθώνω παίρνω πίσω

recobrar recuperar reparar subsanar

muistaanoutaapelastaa

récupérer retirer

apportírozvisszaszerez

endurheimtafinna og sækja

ricuperare ricupero sistema di ricupero estrarre [dati]recuperare

medžioklinis šuorasti ir atnešti

atgūtatrast un atnest

finne og bringe tilbake

odzyskaćodzyskiwaćprzynieść przynosić ratować

aportovaťopäť získať

bulup getirmektekrar ele geçirmek

取回找回衔回

retrieve

[rɪˈtriːv] VT

1. (= get back) [+ object] → recuperar, recobrar (Hunting) → cobrar
to retrieve sth from the water → rescatar algo del agua
she retrieved her handkerchief → recogió su pañuelo, volvió a tomar su pañuelo

2. (= put right) [+ error etc] → reparar, subsanar; [+ fortunes] → reparar

3. (fig) (= rescue) [+ situation] → salvar
we shall retrieve nothing from this disaster → no salvaremos nada de esta catástrofe

4. (Comput, Psych) [+ information] → recuperar

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retrieve

[rɪˈtriːv] vt

[+ object] → récupérer

[+ situation, honour] → sauver

[+ error, loss] → réparer

(COMPUTING) [+ information, data, file] → extraire

retrieve

(= recover) → zurück-/hervor-/heraus-/herunterholen; (= rescue) → retten; (from wreckage etc) → bergen; material from waste → zurückgewinnen; (Comput) information, data → abrufen; (after a crash) → wiederherstellen; honour, position, money, investment → wiedererlangen; loss → wiedergutmachen; to retrieve something from oblivion → etw der Vergessenheit entreißen

(= set to rights) error → wiedergutmachen; situation → retten

(dog) → apportieren

vi (dog) → apportieren

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retrieve

[rɪˈtriːv] vt

a. (get back, YYY, object, money) → ricuperare; (honour, position) → riconquistare; (set to rights, error, loss, situation) → rimediare a

b. (Comput) → richiamare

retrieve

(rəˈtriːv) verb

1. to get back (something which was lost etc). My hat blew away, but I managed to retrieve it; Our team retrieved its lead in the second half.

2. (of usually trained dogs) to search for and bring back (birds or animals that have been shot by a hunter).

reˈtrieval noun

reˈtriever noun

a breed of dog trained to find and bring back birds and animals that have been shot.

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So far from complying with this their inclination, by which all hopes of reformation would have been abolished, and even the gate shut against her if her own inclinations should ever hereafter lead her to chuse the road of virtue, Mr Allworthy rather chose to encourage the girl to return thither by the only possible means; for too true I am afraid it is, that many women have become abandoned, and have sunk to the last degree of vice, by being unable to retrieve the first slip.

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Another favorite project was to establish a trading post on the lower part of the Columbia River, near the Multnomah valley, and to endeavor to retrieve for his country some of the lost trade of Astoria.

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Her relatives considered that the penury of her table discredited the Mingott name, which had always been associated with good living; but people continued to come to her in spite of the "made dishes" and flat champagne, and in reply to the remonstrances of her son Lovell (who tried to retrieve the family credit by having the best chef in New York) she used to say laughingly: "What's the use of two good cooks in one family, now that I've married the girls and can't eat sauces?"

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It was in a state of mind superinduced by these conditions that La led forth her jabbering company to retrieve the sacred emblem of her high office and wreak vengeance upon the author of her wrongs.

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Then it was Jerry's duty cautiously to retrieve the arrow had it missed the mark.

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Tulliver carried the proud integrity of the Dodsons in her blood, and had been brought up to think that to wrong people of their money, which was another phrase for debt, was a sort of moral pillory; it would have been wickedness, to her mind, to have run counter to her husband's desire to "do the right thing," and retrieve his name.

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But tears, at least, she could control, and would this instant, and then, turning, she would face Katharine, and retrieve what could be retrieved of the collapse of her courage.

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Masterless, penniless, and with my only means of livelihood, fighting, gone, I determined to work my way to the southwest and attempt to retrieve my fallen fortunes in a search for gold.

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Perhaps it had been the boat's fault, but she made no effort to retrieve it.

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"All my intellectual instincts tell me that I could retrieve my position and live respectably in the world, if I might only try my hand at portrait-painting--the thing of all others that I am naturally fittest for.

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He instantly saw that the credit of the hotel was in danger, unless something was done to retrieve the character of the room numbered Fourteen.

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And, of all times, Soup Kennedy selected this time to come and retrieve an old shirt of his, left aboard the Reindeer from the trip he sailed with Clam.