RETRIEVE


Meaning of RETRIEVE in English

v. & n.

--v.tr.

1. a regain possession of. b recover by investigation or effort of memory.

2 a restore to knowledge or recall to mind. b obtain (information stored in a computer etc.).

3 (of a dog) find and bring in (killed or wounded game etc.).

4 (foll. by from) recover or rescue (esp. from a bad state).

5 restore to a flourishing state; revive.

6 repair or set right (a loss or error etc.) (managed to retrieve the situation).

--n. the possibility of recovery (beyond retrieve).

Derivatives:

retrievable adj. retrieval n.

Etymology: ME f. OF retroeve- stressed stem of retrover (as RE-, trover find)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.