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Meaning of "retrieve" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD RETRIEVE

From Old French retrover, from re- + trouver to find, perhaps from Vulgar Latin tropāre (unattested) to compose.
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PRONUNCIATION OF RETRIEVE

retrieve  [rɪˈtriːv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RETRIEVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Retrieve is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb retrieve in English.

WHAT DOES RETRIEVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of retrieve in the English dictionary

The first definition of retrieve in the dictionary is to get or fetch back again; recover. Other definition of retrieve is to bring back to a more satisfactory state; revive. Retrieve is also to extricate from trouble or danger; rescue or save.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO RETRIEVE

PRESENT

Present
I retrieve
you retrieve
he/she/it retrieves
we retrieve
you retrieve
they retrieve
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
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
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I retrieved
you retrieved
he/she/it retrieved
we retrieved
you retrieved
they 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
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
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will retrieve
you will retrieve
he/she/it will retrieve
we will retrieve
you will retrieve
they will retrieve
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
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 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
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would retrieve
you would retrieve
he/she/it would retrieve
we would retrieve
you would retrieve
they would retrieve
Conditional continuous
I would be retrieving
you would be retrieving
he/she/it would be retrieving
we would be retrieving
you would be retrieving
they would be retrieving
Conditional perfect
I would have retrieve
you would have retrieve
he/she/it would have retrieve
we would have retrieve
you would have retrieve
they would have retrieve
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been retrieving
you would have been retrieving
he/she/it would have been retrieving
we would have been retrieving
you would have been retrieving
they would have been retrieving
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you retrieve
we let´s retrieve
you retrieve
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to retrieve
Past participle
retrieved
Present Participle
retrieving
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RETRIEVE


aggrieve
əˈɡriːv
bereave
bɪˈriːv
breve
briːv
Congreve
ˈkɒŋɡriːv
engrieve
ɪnˈɡriːv
greave
ɡriːv
grieve
ɡriːv
portreeve
ˈpɔːtˌriːv
reave
riːv
reeve
riːv
reive
riːv
reprieve
rɪˈpriːv
rieve
riːv
screeve
skriːv
scrieve
skriːv
semibreve
ˈsɛmɪˌbriːv
shrieve
ʃriːv
unreave
ʌnˈriːv
unreeve
ʌnˈriːv
yestereve
ˌjɛstəˈriːv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RETRIEVE

retrial
retribute
retribution
retributive
retributively
retributor
retributory
retried
retries
retrievability
retrievable
retrievableness
retrievably
retrieval
retrievement
retriever
retrim
retro
retro-operative
retroact

WORDS THAT END LIKE RETRIEVE

achieve
believe
disbelieve
make believe
make-believe
memory like a sieve
misbelieve
molecular sieve
nieve
out-thieve
outachieve
overachieve
relieve
sieve
slieve
thieve
unbelieve
underachieve

Synonyms and antonyms of retrieve in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «RETRIEVE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «retrieve» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of retrieve

Translation of «retrieve» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RETRIEVE

Find out the translation of retrieve to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of retrieve from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «retrieve» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

找回
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

recuperar
570 millions of speakers

English

retrieve
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पुनः प्राप्त
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

استرداد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

получить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

reaver
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উদ্ধার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

récupérer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mengambil semula
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zurückholen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

回収する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

회수하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Retrieve
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lấy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மீட்டெடுக்க
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

परत मिळवणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

geri almak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

recuperare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

odzyskać
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

отримати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

prelua
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανάκτηση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

haal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hämta
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hente
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of retrieve

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RETRIEVE»

The term «retrieve» is very widely used and occupies the 10.220 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RETRIEVE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about retrieve

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6 QUOTES WITH «RETRIEVE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word retrieve.
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Mustafa Akyol
What made al Qaeda retrieve the doctrine of militant jihad, and Breivik the ideas of crusade and reconquest, is a sense of siege. So, we should help both Westerners and Muslims get rid of that sense by easing their political tensions and by fostering dialogue between them.
2
Emilie Autumn
I am my heart's undertaker. Daily I go and retrieve its tattered remains, place them delicately into its little coffin, and bury it in the depths of my memory, only to have to do it all again tomorrow.
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Shawn Fanning
I think it's pretty obvious to most people that Napster is not media specific, but I could see a system like Napster evolving into something that allows users to locate and retrieve different types of data other than just MP3s or audio files.
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Sue Monk Kidd
For me, writing a novel goes on for years, and the solitude goes on, too. It tends to swallow me at times. I know it's a problem when my husband sends the dog in to retrieve me.
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Dean Ornish
Whether it's by helping us search for health-related information, connecting us with doctors through online portals, or enabling us to store and retrieve our medical records online, the Internet is starting to show the promise it has to transform the way people interact with and improve their own health and wellness.
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Robin Wright
I think we manifest the very thing we put out. If you're putting out negativity, then you're going to retrieve that same sentiment. If you emanate joy, it comes back to you.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RETRIEVE»

Discover the use of retrieve in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to retrieve and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Missing in Action: How Mothers Lose, Grieve, and Retrieve ...
Missing In Action details the various kinds of change and loss that occur, illuminates the compelling similarities between grief and the myriad symptoms mothers describe, explains how MIA relates to the violation of personal boundaries, and ...
Anne Smollon, 2007
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Stillwater Trout in South Africa
The speed at which you retrieve your flies again centres around a working knowledge of trout food and how they move. If there is one piece of advice I can give, it's to slow down your retrieve. Too many anglers retrieve their patterns with fast, ...
Dean Riphagen, 2004
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Training the Versatile Hunting Dog
After your dog is retrieving well, hold him by the collar, throw the dummy, and do not let him go after it until you give him the retrieve command. Later on, after your pup is whoa broke, you will want your dog to associate your retrieve command ...
Chuck Johnson, 2009
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Professional Development with Web APIs: Google, eBay, ...
GetAccount—Retrieve account information for the specified user. This can be requested only for your own account. GetAdFormatLeads—Retrieve sales leads for real estate listings. GetAPIAccessRules—Retrieve the access rules and usage  ...
Denise M. Gosnell, 2005
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American Hereford Record and Hereford Herd Book
Retrieve 466187 Miss Pipton 11th 364334 Retrieve 466187 Belle Horace 7th 287899 Retrieve 466187 Mary's Cherry 9th 287907 Retrieve 466187 Delia 17th 364328 Solomon 554372 Hazel 542552 Weston Fairfax 870446 Mavo 610888 ...
American Hereford Cattle Breeders' Association, 1922
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4-H Guide to Dog Training & Dog Tricks
Teaching. the. Retrieve. Back in my early dog-training days in Chicago, I used to park my car in a church lot behind my apartment. After work, I often took my dogs there and practiced obedience, setting up jumps and inviting neighborhood kids  ...
Tammie Rogers, 2010
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Vizslas: Everything about Purchase, Care, Nutrition, ...
This type of retrieve occurs when a dog is brought into a defined area in order to scent and find fallen game that could not otherwise be located. The third type of retrieve, called nonslip retrieving, is for hunting waterfowl and dove. Here, your ...
Chris C. Pinney, 1998
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Cataloging with AACR2 and MARC21
Pros Cons ISBN Often available on most resources Occasionally does not retrieve any record (020) Numbers are easy to search Can retrieve more than one record, even from anywhere Usually good, direct access to matching or though they ...
Deborah Angela Fritz, 2007
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InfoWorld
Retrieve. It. provides. a. variety. of. ways. to. search. for. lost. files. Distributed Thinking / Stewart Alsop Wishing won't make vendors unite,. By Galen Gruman Review Board The ease of electronic mail and networking has done wonders to help ...
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TROUT RIGS & METHODS
CLEAR INTERMEDIATE OR WET-TIP LINE Casting and shallow retrieve Situations to solve. The most common way to use the wet-tip line, and to a lesser extent the clear intermediate, is to position yourself along a shoreline and cast and ...
Dave Hughes

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RETRIEVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term retrieve is used in the context of the following news items.
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Empire Fitness members to retrieve belongings Friday afternoon
Friday afternoon, members of Empire Fitness downtown will be able to collect their personal belongings from the gym. This comes after the center was abruptly ... «News 10NBC, Jul 15»
2
WATCH: Rickie Fowler fan jumps in pond to retrieve his ball
Rickie Fowler might miss the cut at the Memorial, but this kid doesn't care. Fowler dunked one in the water on the par-5 5th hole. While he was finishing his hole ... «CBSSports.com, Jun 15»
3
[UPDATES] Man Who Fell Into Subway Grate Was Trying To …
[UPDATES] Man Who Fell Into Subway Grate Was Trying To Retrieve Keys. by Emma Whitford in News on Jun 2, 2015 1:50 pm. 060215keys.jpeg «Gothamist, Jun 15»
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HPD helps citizens retrieve unclaimed property
The Houston Police Department wants to remind citizens how to retrieve unclaimed property from the HPD Property Room and offer tips on how to mark your ... «KPRC Houston, Apr 15»
5
Woman fell 30m from Blue Mountains lookout trying to retrieve
A woman who fell 30 metres from the highest lookout in the Blue Mountains had dropped her mobile phone and slipped off the edge while trying to retrieve it, ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Apr 15»
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Brett Gardner scales eight-foot wall to retrieve Chris Young's glove
In fact, during Saturday's 3-2 win against the Houston Astros, Gardner pulled that very stunt to help out center fielder Chris Young. Moments earlier, Young lost ... «Yahoo Sports, Mar 15»
7
Local man jumps in ice fishing hole to retrieve cell phone
Mark Snyder stripped down to his long johns and plunged into an ice fishing hole on the Saginaw Bay to retrieve his phone. Snyder dropped it down the hole on ... «WNEM Saginaw, Jan 15»
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Slidell man struck, dies after attempting to retrieve ladder from …
Louisiana State Police said Lacombe's Joseph Robinson III, 27, died Monday night (Dec. 29) after he was struck by an SUV while attempting to retrieve a ladder ... «NOLA.com, Dec 14»
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Police officer climbs tree to retrieve upset first-grader
A Bradenton police officer climbed a tree at an elementary school to retrieve a distraught first-grader. The student climbed the tree at Ballard Elementary on ... «MiamiHerald.com, Dec 14»
10
Man killed by train after trying to retrieve cell phone from tracks
Police investigate the Prospect Park subway station where a man was struck and killed by a train while apparently trying to retrieve his cell phone from the tracks ... «New York Post, Oct 14»

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