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retrievable

retrievable

2 5.3
You can find again, often with effort
  • adjective
  • /rɪˈtrivəbl/
translation icon : recuperable
  • Even now, our ability to acquire biological data far outstrips our ability to store it in reliable and easily retrievable formats.
  • easily retrievable
  • retrievable storage
  • retrievable stents

What's really stunning is that old habits are totally intact and retrievable in an instant.

Examples

  • The memory trace becomes dormant; however, upon adequate stimulation, these traces are still retrievable.

    Academic text (2000)

  • The information is somewhat retrievable, even after the blog is "officially" deceased.

    Blog text (25)

  • I need to know that these nodes are retrievable.

    Riddick (2013)

  • Once your data is free, make sure it's backed up and easily retrievable.

    Blog text (15)

  • Current U.S. law requires spent fuel to be retrievable for 100 years after being put in a repository.

    Blog text (31)

  • Some details about Olowe's life and art are nevertheless retrievable.

    Academic text (1998)

  • The documents from last year are retrievable if you know where to look.

  • The files on the server are retrievable after restoring the backup.

  • They assured us that the deleted photos are retrievable from the cloud storage.

Synonyms

salvageable
vsretrievable
12 5.3

Something you can save or fix after damage

focuses on being possible to get back in general, not only fixing damaged items
recoverable
vsretrievable
9 4.2

Able to be found or returned after being lost

needs effort to get back rather than being easily returned
obtainable
vsretrievable
6 3.7

Possible to get or buy

is about getting something back, not simply new acquisition
reclaimable
vsretrievable
5.1

Something you can get back and use again

is about being possible to get back even when not intended for reuse

Antonyms

lost
18 1.0

Not in a person's possession and cannot be found

irretrievable
4 8.5

You cannot get it back or fix it after it is lost

How Retrievable

recoverable
9 4.2
retrievable
2 5.3
inaccessible
28 7.9

Surface Forms

retrievable positive

Morphology

retrievable = retrieve (transparent) = retrieve + able

Formed by the clear verb 'retrieve' plus productive suffix '-able' meaning 'able to be retrieved', so the meaning is directly inferable.

Etymology

Retrievable comes from the verb retrieve, which has re- meaning 'again' and a root that means 'to find', like the French trouver 'to find'. So something retrievable is something you can 'find again' or bring back.