Dictionary Definition
retrieve
Verb
1 get or find back; recover the use of; "She
regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied
quickly" [syn: recover,
find, regain]
2 of trained dogs
3 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" [syn: remember, recall, call back,
call up,
recollect, think] [ant: forget]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Verb
Translations
to regain or get back something
to rescue or save something
to remedy or rectify something
to remember or recall something
- Finnish: muistaa
- Polish: przypominać, przypomnieć, przywoływać (coś) z pamięci
to fetch or carry back something
- Finnish: noutaa
- Polish: przynosić, przynieść
- ttbc Portuguese: recuperar
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
bring,
bring back, call for, chase after, cover, deliver, extract, extricate, fetch, fetch and carry, free, get, get back, go after, go and get,
go fetch, go for, go get, go to get, liberate, make up, obtain, pay for, pick up,
procure, ransom, reactivate, recapture, reclaim, recoup, recover, recruit, recuperate, recycle, redeem, regain, rekindle, release, renew, renovate, reoccupy, repay, replevin, replevy, repossess, rescue, restore, resume, resurrect, resuscitate, retake, return, revindicate, revitalize, revive, revivify, run after, salvage, save, secure, set free, shag, take back, win
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