retrievaln.
/rᵻˈtriːvl/, U.S. /rəˈtriv(ə)l/, /riˈtriv(ə)l/ 1. The action of retrieving something (in various senses of retrieve v.); recovery; an instance of this.
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the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > [noun]
restoringa1382
reparellingc1410
reduction1447
rehaving1472
redintegration1501
restoration1510
reintegration1570
resource1596
reducement1604
reinstauration1610
retrievala1643
revindication1643
retrievement1657
retrieve1658
recoveringa1660
reviction1679
retrieving1718
revulsionc1760
rehabilitation1830
a1643 W. Cartwright Poems in Comedies (1651) sig. P7 Methinks the first Age comes again, and we See a Retrivall of Simplicity.
1683 W. Cave Ecclesiastici 382 Rome..is an humble suppliant for the retrival of her ancient Rites.
1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle III. xc. 265 She..implored his advice touching the retrieval of her reputation.
1788 E. Burke Speech against W. Hastings in Wks. (1813) XII. 429 To exert themselves for the retrieval of the national loss.
1823 London Mag. Jan. 21/1 The readiness with which they assisted me in the retrieval of his few manuscripts.
1853 C. Brontë Villette III. xxxix. 229 He had managed his affairs well... His fortunes were in the way of retrieval.
1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch IV. viii. Finale 358 A past error may urge a grand retrieval.
1923 Brit. Weekly 15 Mar. 513/4 He [sc. the penitent] gains not only forgiveness but strength for recovery and retrieval from the fact that his real self..is a secret reserved for God only.
1967 Brain 90 146 Performances with the right hemisphere involving word and object association, sorting, retrieval and related tasks showed evidence of..high order mental capacities.
1987 Squash World Mar. 17/2 He earned a penalty decision from Swann after diving full length three times for impossible retrievals at the front wall under perfectly executed drop shots.
2002 O. Figes Natasha's Dance (2003) i. p. xxxi The simple recreations of the country house..were more than the retrieval of a rural idyll: they were an expression of one's Russianness.
2. spec. The action of recovering stored information, esp. information stored in a computer; = information retrieval n. at information n. Compounds 2.See also data retrieval n. at data n. Compounds 2.
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society > communication > information > action of informing > [noun] > information retrieval
information retrieval1950
retrieval1954
retrieving1962
society > computing and information technology > data > database > [noun] > access or retrieval
access1948
retrieval1954
data retrieval1955
drill-down1987
1954 J. C. Morris Evolution or Involution? 1 During the course of more than 75 years, librarians and others in America have adapted, extended or devised four major systems for the retrieval of information which seems best suited to the needs of users of libraries.
1957 Instrumentation in Bio-med. Res. (National Acad. Sci.-National Res. Council (U.S.) Biol. Council) 8 Its dispersal through a multiplicity of journals renders retrieval of the information more difficult.
1966 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 13 June 950/1 This technique allows medical narrative and numerical data to be collected efficiently in a form acceptable as computer input for subsequent storage, analysis, and retrieval.
1972 Book-seller 4 Mar. 1463/3 It is highly important..that new systems of cataloguing and retrieval shall be built into the new library.
1987 B. Leatham-Jones Elements Industr. Robotics 227/2 (Gloss.) Memory—Any device capable of storing information for retrieval at a later time.
2006 G. Buzsáki Rhythms of Brain xi. 292 In computation jargon, the dispersion process is called ‘orthogonalization’, a process that reduces the similarity input patterns, thereby facilitating their unique storage and selective retrieval.
Phrases
beyond (also past, without) retrieval: to the extent that recovery is no longer possible. Cf. retrieve n. Phrases.
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the world > action or operation > amending > [noun] > remedy
helpc1000
healinga1225
remedy?c1225
bote of beam1330
recurec1330
recoverera1375
remeida1413
redemption?a1439
botmenta1450
recurementc1450
presidy?a1475
mendsa1525
repair1612
relief1616
booty beam1642
beyond retrieve1658
beyond retrieval1697
1697 D. Jones Contin. Secret Hist. White-Hall xxix. 76 Were you to have seen the Consternation men generally were under in this City..you would have thought all France had been in danger of being lost without retrieval.
1706 tr. J. B. Morvan de Bellegarde Refl. upon Ridicule 294 Ruin'd beyond Retrieval.
1750 H. Fielding Author's Farce (new ed.) i. v, in Wks. I. 16 Matrimony clenches Ruin beyond Retrieval.
1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. iii. iii. 212 And so the Teutsch Ritters are sunk beyond retrieval.
1860 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) V. 368 The Duke of Somerset had neglected the debts of the realm till they were past retrieval.
1878 Calcutta Rev. 66 469 The battle, just before so nearly won, was lost without retrieval.
1902 A. J. Butler Arab Conquest of Egypt 337 The military position was by no means past retrieval.
1966 Word Study Dec. 4/1 Dubious meaning..starts a snowballing that soon places the intended meaning beyond retrieval.
1996 D. Lowenthal Heritage Crusade & Spoils of Hist. v. 106 The actual past is beyond retrieval; all we have left are much-eroded traces and partial records filtered through divers eyes and minds.
Compounds
General attributive uses (in sense 2). Frequently in retrieval process, retrieval system.
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1961 B. C. Vickery On Retrieval Syst. Theory vi. 88 The function of generic relations in a retrieval system is to increase the recall factor, i.e. the percentage of relevant or related material which is retrieved.
1996 Big Issue 19 Aug. 341/2 (advt.) Experience of operating an efficient filing and retrieval system is essential.
2009 Bangor (Maine) Daily News (Nexis) 1 Aug. a4 The bureau maintains historic records in a microfiche system, and the research and retrieval process takes some time.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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