RETRIEVE


Meaning of RETRIEVE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ rɪtri:v ]

( retrieves, retrieving, retrieved)

1.

If you retrieve something, you get it back from the place where you left it.

The men were trying to retrieve weapons left when the army abandoned the island.

= recover

VERB : V n

2.

If you manage to retrieve a situation, you succeed in bringing it back into a more acceptable state.

He is the one man who could retrieve that situation.

VERB : V n

3.

To retrieve information from a computer or from your memory means to get it back.

Computers can instantly retrieve millions of information bits...

VERB : V n

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