retrieve

CEFRC1

/ɹɪˈtɹiːv/

verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To get something back or bring it from another place.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To rescue (a creature).

Examples

  • She bent to retrieve her comb from the floor.

  • The secretary went to the storage room to retrieve the file.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • /ɹi-/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To salvage something

  2. To regain or get back something.

  3. To remedy or rectify something.

More examples

In context

  • I can't retrieve the paper.

  • Dog breeds called 'retrievers' were selected for retrieving.

  • The cook doesn't care what's shot, only what's actually retrieved.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The dog can blank the stick from the water whenever I throw it.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

verb

Recorded in Middle English c. 1410 as retreve (altered to retrive in the 16th century; modern form is from c. 1650), from Middle French retruev-, stem of Old French retrover (“to find again”, modern retrouver), itself from re- (“again”) + trover (“to find”), probably from Vulgar Latin *tropāre (“to compose”).