RETRIEVE


Meaning of RETRIEVE in English

I. ri-ˈtrēv verb

( re·trieved ; re·triev·ing )

Etymology: Middle English retreven, from Anglo-French retrueve-, present stem of retrover to find again, from re- + trover to compose, invent, find, from Vulgar Latin * tropare — more at troubadour

Date: 15th century

transitive verb

1. : to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game)

2. : to call to mind again

3. : to get back again : regain

4.

a. : rescue , salvage

b. : to return (as a ball or shuttlecock that is difficult to reach) successfully

5. : restore , revive

his writing retrieve s the past

6. : to remedy the evil consequences of : correct

7. : to get and bring back ; especially : to recover (as information) from storage

intransitive verb

: to bring in game

a dog that retrieve s well

also : to bring back an object thrown by a person

• re·triev·abil·i·ty -ˌtrē-və-ˈbi-lə-tē noun

• re·triev·able -ˈtrē-və-bəl adjective

II. noun

Date: 1697

1. : retrieval

2. : the successful return of a ball that is difficult to reach or control (as in tennis)

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.