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retrieve

/ɹiˈtɹiv/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A retrieval
  2. The return of a difficult ball
  3. A seeking again; a discovery.
  4. The recovery of game once sprung.
  5. To regain or get back something.
  6. To rescue (a creature).
  7. To salvage something
  8. To remedy or rectify something.
  9. To remember or recall something.
  10. To fetch or carry back something.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

recover(English)regain(English)call back(English)recall(English)find(English)recollect(English)remind(English)remember(English)briefcase(English)retrieving(English)clue(English)retrieval(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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