verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
ball
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Once, I dived full-length across the court in a vain attempt to retrieve the ball .
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Webster retrieved the ball and flipped it underhand to Rhodes, who had anchored himself at the plate.
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The fielders try to retrieve the ball quickly and return it to the bowler.
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But Mr Barraza and the Duke would not want me to retrieve the ball .
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If the ball was dislodged from the dish, you had to stop the car, retrieve the ball and continue.
body
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In fact, he had been taken prisoner after going behind enemy lines to retrieve the body of a friend.
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A raven protected the holy corpse from predators until nightfall, when his fellow Christians were able to retrieve his body .
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Fire chief Hugo Ernst said it could take four days to retrieve all the bodies .
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With some newsreaders, you might need to retrieve the message body and decode in two stages.
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It clanged urgently, like a fire-engine dashing towards a disaster, like the ambulance thundering along behind to retrieve the bodies .
data
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The same console will enable the teacher to retrieve data or generate more meaningful reports almost instantaneously.
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Under X Window, the user can also retrieve data from several sources simultaneously and switch between applications.
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However, researchers have precious little time to retrieve the data .
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The read channel retrieves data stored on the disk and writes to the disk.
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Having retrieved the raw data , it needs to be transformed into the required information, perhaps by some preceding analysis work.
document
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Even though much of this information may already be in electronic form, retrieving the correct document from a database is not simple.
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Text retrieval seeks to interpret what the user says and retrieve the appropriate document from the database.
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We were asked to infiltrate the area and retrieve as many documents as we could from the farmhouse.
file
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Mr Virdi allegedly sent a second batch of letters after learning that the force could retrieve deleted files .
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Each time Joe Consumer retrieves a file from a commercial server, the payment meter is ticking.
information
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In other words, the act of retrieving the information is the input to other transactions.
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When you learn how to search out and retrieve information you are in possession of a golden key to doing successful public relations.
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What are the best excavation methods for retrieving this information ?
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Significantly though, the media do not retrieve the information at some later date for the public's benefit.
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The new version of the software automatically indexes, stores and retrieves digital information .
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It is totally sealed and spins at very high speeds and can therefore retrieve and store information very quickly.
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Basics 8.2.1 All computers are able to store and retrieve information from a non-volatile medium.
situation
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But, as the striker moved in for the kill, the defender retrieved the situation with a splendid recovery tackle.
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But if so I felt that I had a chance of retrieving the situation , once I'd made the Fraxillian delivery.
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But it is widely expected that further heads will have to roll if the discredited Communist Party is to retrieve the situation .
user
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Text retrieval seeks to interpret what the user says and retrieve the appropriate document from the database.
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Under X Window, the user can also retrieve data from several sources simultaneously and switch between applications.
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A user can only retrieve a module by quoting a package that already has a version of it as a member.
■ VERB
bend
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Gaily dared not bend to retrieve it.
store
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Basics 8.2.1 All computers are able to store and retrieve information from a non-volatile medium.
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In order to store or retrieve information we must have some means by which the computer can refer to any location.
try
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He has spent $ 200,000 so far trying to retrieve his children, and his business has almost collapsed.
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The fielders try to retrieve the ball quickly and return it to the bowler.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I had left my bag at the railroad station and went back to retrieve it.
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If you want to retrieve a file from the computer press FIND and then enter the name of the file you want.
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Right now we're concentrating on retrieving the spacecraft.
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She bent down and retrieved the map from under the car seat.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Can we retrieve our culture from the product pushers?
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She'd agreed to meet Matthew half way, and retrieve the children.
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When you learn how to search out and retrieve information you are in possession of a golden key to doing successful public relations.
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With a peculiar shiver of fear, he stooped to retrieve his spear.
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With some newsreaders, you might need to retrieve the message body and decode in two stages.
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Zhong quickly retrieved a fist-sized chunk and rushed it to a frozen-food warehouse for safekeeping.