to retrieve
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3.7
- verb
- /rɪˈtriːv/
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recoger
- The dog went to retrieve them so he could do both of these things, retrieving, pointing, hunting.
And then only go and retrieve things as you need or want them.
- And then only go and retrieve things as you need or want them.
- Gloomy mouth, a young Italian woman bending to retrieve a dropped Metro card.
- OK, You would retrieve that, clean it, and then put it back in your mouth.
- And my dad had deployed down to the ferry terminal to retrieve bodies.
- They, the the panic was sitting in, they were trying to retrieve the laptop.
- And Mark Watney goes out to retrieve it, to use it to restore communications with with Earth.
- One of the most interesting things that he said was that not all of these craft were retrieved from crash sites.
- He was in charge of all the retrieved material, crash material from from Roswell, OK.
- That's something that we can observe and then as a result, make sure that that that document would be retrieved for that query.
Examples
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After the storm, we went to retrieve our belongings from the beach.
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And to your question, Tim, you know, so when the person dies, invariably the Mortuary needs to come and retrieve the body.
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And then only go and retrieve things as you need or want them.
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I need you to find one for me and retrieve it and bring me.
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Now we have to retrieve it, again.
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And now, I'll retrieve the papers.
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In this test, each team must act as a single unit to avoid obstacles, retrieve the sweet rock and return to the nest.
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The cleanser I use let me just go quickly retrieve it from my shower.
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So now you're going to retrieve the stuff you made.
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And Mark Watney goes out to retrieve it, to use it to restore communications with with Earth.
Synonyms
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1.6
Have again something you had before it was lost or taken
∞
1.0
To get back an ability, feeling, or quality you had before
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2.5
Get back to a normal state after a loss, for example health or money
436
1.7
Return someone or something to the place they came from
313
3.4
Return someone to their family or a thing to its owner
275
3.3
To get something back after losing it
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1.0
To go and bring back something or someone
99
3.0
Get back something you had given, lent, or lost
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4.1
To get back something you lost or gave away
31
4.6
To take back control of a place after it was lost
5
5.5
To get something back after you lose or give it up
To get information again from a server or page
Antonyms
How Difficult
Surface Forms
Morphology
retrieve = re + trieve
The productive prefix 're-' (back/again) gives a clear cue, but the root 'trieve' is not a standalone English word, so the full structure is not fully obvious to learners.
Etymology
The word retrieve comes from the parts re- 'again' and Old French trouver 'to find', so it originally meant 'to find again'. That's why to retrieve something is to go, get it, and bring it back.