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How to pronounce retrieve in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms call back, call up, recall, recollect, remember, think
Has types recognize, review, brush up, know, recognise, refresh
Derivation retrieval
Type Words
Synonyms find, recover, regain
Type of get, acquire
Has types access
Verb group find, regain
Derivation retrieval
Type Words
Type of get, bring, fetch, convey


retrieve the car from the parking garage.
Type Words
Type of get, convey, fetch, bring
Derivation retriever


train the dog to retrieve.

Examples of retrieve

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The crew delivered their patient and then returned to the fray to retrieve more.
From the omaha.com
It was unclear when the couple would be able to retrieve their car and get home.
From the orlandosentinel.com
She had left her wallet there and when she returned to retrieve it, it was gone.
From the democratandchronicle.com
At this time, the victim's son ran inside his house to retrieve his own handgun.
From the news-journalonline.com
Walker ran from the store, but returned 16 seconds later to retrieve the weapon.
From the timesunion.com
Hein showed off how she squats to retrieve each item of laundry from the hamper.
From the courier-journal.com
I went in for a slide tackle to try and retrieve it, but just caught the player.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
Failure can bring humiliation, in the walk of shame to retrieve an errant throw.
From the washingtonpost.com
Several left their wives behind, hoping either to return or retrieve them later.
From the en.wikipedia.org
More examples
  • Recover: get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly"
  • Go for and bring back; "retrieve the car from the parking garage"
  • Run after, pick up, and bring to the master; "train the dog to retrieve"
  • Remember: 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"
  • (retrieval) (computer science) the operation of accessing information from the computer's memory
  • (retrieval) recovery: the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost)
  • Retrieval (Polish: Z odzysku) is a 2006 Polish film directed by Su0142awomir Fabicki. It was Poland's submission to the 79th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. It was also screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.
  • A retrieval; The return of a difficult ball; To regain or get back something; To rescue (a) creature(s); To salvage something; To remedy or rectify something; To remember or recall something; To fetch or carry back something; To fetch and bring in game; To fetch and bring in game ...
  • (Retrieved (R)) The best estimate of the brightness temperature of the atmosphere at a specific location and frequency using both the model background and the observations. It is the result of a 1D variational minimisation carried out during the observation processing stage.