RETRIEVE
Dictionary entry overview: What does retrieve mean?
• RETRIEVE (verb)
The verb RETRIEVE has 3 senses:
1. get or find back; recover the use of
2. run after, pick up, and bring to the master
3. recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
Familiarity information: RETRIEVE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• RETRIEVE (verb)
Meaning:
Get or find back; recover the use of
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
recover; regain; retrieve; find
Context examples:
She regained control of herself / She found her voice and replied quickly
Hypernyms (to "retrieve" is one way to...):
acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "retrieve"):
access (obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Meaning:
Run after, pick up, and bring to the master
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
train the dog to retrieve
Hypernyms (to "retrieve" is one way to...):
bring; convey; fetch; get (go or come after and bring or take back)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
recall; recollect; remember; call back; call up; retrieve; think
Context examples:
I can't remember saying any such thing / I can't think what her last name was / can you remember her phone number? / Do you remember that he once loved you? / call up memories
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "retrieve"):
know (perceive as familiar)
recognise; recognize (perceive to be the same)
brush up; refresh; review (refresh one's memory)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
Sentence example:
They won't retrieve the story
