Definition of retrieve in English:

retrieve

verb rɪˈtriːvrəˈtriv

[with object]

1Get or bring (something) back from somewhere.
I was sent to retrieve the balls from his garden
Steven stooped and retrieved his hat
Example sentencesExamples
- He is sent to Mexico to retrieve a rare pistol, nicknamed ‘The Mexican.’
- ‘I've gotta go,’ she told them, retrieving Jason from Mabel's arms.
- From there they called for a tow truck and sent it out to retrieve the car.
- Magellan said he'd take whatever she had in the kitchen, so Ava went in and prepared him a sandwich, poured a beer and retrieved one of their rare oranges.
- At around 1.30 pm, the vehicle was successfully retrieved from the water.
- If you change your will without retrieving the one that was filed, the newer last will and testament will control the disposition of your estate.
- By design, everyone was forbidden from viewing, modifying or retrieving articles they had sent to the next person in the process chain.
- James II flung the great seal into the Thames when he fled in 1688, hoping to bring government to a standstill, but it was retrieved by a fisherman.
- She picked up the bucket next to the well, retrieved water with sure hands this time, and continued on her way.
- He had to retrieve his friend, and bring him back to Bruth and every one else who cared about him.
- My companions and I are on a quest to retrieve the artifact and bring it back to the realm, at all costs.
- I have sent both of them to retrieve the rightful king.
- He returned to the beach, retrieved his and Jake's surfboards and then brought them out to where we were still in the water.
- I sat down in a chair in the waiting area while he went and retrieved the proper paperwork.
- Leaving Martin in the hallway, I retrieved my book-bag from the Photography classroom and headed for the Chemistry lab.
- There is one canister placed in the center of the map and each team must retrieve the canister and bring it back to their team's base.
- The last thing I got was my staff that was retrieved from outside of town for me, and when I had my bag slung over my shoulder, I turned around to exit the room.
- We made our way to the front door, where Nathaniel retrieved his coat and hat and called for his coachman.
- If alive we are to amount a rescue party to retrieve them.
- The old man is too enfeebled to make the journey, and sends his young counterpart on the voyage to retrieve the treasure.
Synonyms
get back, recover, regain (possession of), win back, recoup, reclaim, repossess, redeem, have returned
salvage, rescue, fetch, bring back
Law replevy
rare recuperate
1. 1.1 (of a dog) find and bring back (game that has been shot)
  labradors are used to retrieve the birds after the flush
  Example sentencesExamples
  Each dog was asked to retrieve a pheasant from the river and all of the 16 completed this task without difficulty.
  If possible, use all the types of birds the dog may retrieve in the future.
2. 1.2no object Reel or bring in a fishing line.
  when he reaches the breakers, with you retrieving furiously, he'll probably change course
  Example sentencesExamples
  Speed can also be critical when the hooked fish is streaking toward you and you must retrieve the slack line in order to keep the fish "on the reel."
  A few years ago I attempted to learn how to retrieve fly line into loops held in my hand.
2Find or extract (information stored in a computer)
other features include the ability to store, update, retrieve, and print your data
Example sentencesExamples
- Using a database ensures that we can store and retrieve data needed by our web application without having to create our own persistent storage layer.
- Databases excel at storing and retrieving information quickly and easily and make it possible for web developers to create sophisticated applications without getting bogged down in the details.
- Of course the images were still there, and several people on the Internet gave the photographer the information he needed to retrieve them.
- Backup is faster, as is throughput, the rate at which data is stored and retrieved.
- One of the advantages of using a Web-based approach is that email can be retrieved far more quickly than if you use a desktop-based spam filtering package.
- When returning to these Web sites, the browser looks for the cookies stored on the computer and retrieves the information to save time.
- When a user retrieves free but useful information from a Web site, the Web site is said to have a Gift Model as one component of its business model since it creates value to the business actor.
- While it is often a good idea to use a database for storing and retrieving information in a web application, it is not always obvious how to go about structuring the tables in that database.
- The lab assistants will also show users how to store data and retrieve it from the public disk drive.
- When the migrated data is requested, the software retrieves the archived data for access.
- So creating point-in-time backup copies of critical data is required to be able to retrieve deleted or corrupted information.
- That means notebook computers could immediately retrieve any images captured at checkout counters or inside stores.
- The problem is not so much the technology needed to keep up with the volume of storage demands as it is the more human problem of keeping track of what is stored and retrieving just what you need in the future.
- Do you have a computer available to retrieve e-mail and implement your online marketing strategy?
- To maintain data in a database, data must be retrieved and stored in a consistent, reliable, and efficient manner.
- Cache memory stores frequently accessed data close to the processor where it can be retrieved more quickly than data stored in the main memory.
- The ease with which information can be retrieved from a site ranks highly among criteria by which users rate a Web site.
- It's imperative that the stored data can be retrieved if an audit takes place.
- Just click the ‘send a check’ option at the bottom of the screen and your order number will be retrieved from our database when the check is received.
- The database makes it easy and safe for us to store and retrieve information, and the Mason components make it easy for us to create dynamic output for the end user.
1. 2.1 Recall (something)
  the police hope to encourage him to retrieve forgotten memories
  Example sentencesExamples
  It's a bracing mental workout that solidifies the memory by actively retrieving information from the recesses of one's own mind.
  They can keep more instructions in mind at once and retrieve information from memory more rapidly.
  The fact that memories cannot be retrieved in a situation like this was right enough, but Cecil was doing a good enough job of restarting his relationship.
  Thus, bizarre items are overestimated to the extent that they are more easily retrieved from memory.
  Perhaps holding on is a way of marking milestones, but in the final analysis each of those milestones is a moment that has passed and that cannot be retrieved except in memory.
  Think Casablanca, and the first thing that your mind retrieves isn't the script but the raw feel - the gritty texture of Rick's Café Américain.
  Something such as memory and how the brain stores, retrieves and recognizes it is a total enigma at this point.
  One hundred college students retrieved autobiographical memories associated with panic, trauma, worry, and social anxiety.
  Nevertheless she carefully noted his words, his expression and tone of voice, a memory image to be retrieved and considered later.
  In her dream, there had been words for everything, but now it was like cupping water, or trying to retrieve a long lost memory - impossible.
  After forgetting the passphrase, there is no way to retrieve the information.
  He didn't want to bother trying to remember it, trying to sift through the last few sane portions of his mind and his memories to retrieve the name and the life it had led.
  Julia hesitates, but suggests that perhaps some memories can be retrieved through hypnosis.
3Put right or improve (an unwelcome situation)
he made one last desperate attempt to retrieve the situation
Example sentencesExamples
- Though the disaster could have been retrieved, it brought France and Spain into the conflict and placed in jeopardy Britain's command of the seas.
- On Berg's admission to hospital, there were two unsuccessful attempts to retrieve the situation surgically.
- Although he was reviled at the time as a shallow opportunist, it is fairer to see Brienne as a pragmatic political operator who did what he could to retrieve an increasingly impossible situation.
Synonyms
put right, set right, set to rights, put to rights, rectify, remedy, restore, solve, sort out, straighten out, resolve, deal with, correct, repair, mend, fix, redress, make good
improve, amend, ameliorate, make better, better

noun rɪˈtriːvrəˈtriv

1An act of retrieving something, especially game that has been shot.
watch the dog make the long retrieves
Example sentencesExamples
- Many partially trained dogs tend to "claim the prey" and are reluctant to complete the retrieve because they want to keep it rather than delivering to you.
- In the trained retrieve, we show the dog how to be successful by first thoroughly teaching it what to do before we begin reinforcing the command "Fetch."
1. 1.1 An act of reeling or drawing in a fishing line.
  the chances are that the retrieve will bring your bait through an area of unfished water
  Example sentencesExamples
  If you start the retrieve with the tip of the rod high above the water, you will create a big belly of slack that absorbs every movement of your line hand.
  Maybe it is my old spinning days, but I just feel comfortable with my dominant hand holding the rod leaving the left hand for the retrieve.
  I fished it with such a slow retrieve that the fly was virtually static.
  The slow retrieve, particularly early season, does bring some very good results.
  The best feature on this reel is the very fast retrieve.
2archaic mass noun The possibility of recovery.
he ruined himself beyond retrieve
Example sentencesExamples
- Their strong friendship was beyond retrieve after the last two years.
- At length, all hope was at an end; I was ruined beyond retrieve.

Derivatives

retrievability

nounrɪtriːvəˈbɪlɪti

The book also covers how to add keywords, titles, and descriptions to your Web pages to maximize retrievability by the general search engines.
Example sentencesExamples
- The database are created for use, after all, so they must also demonstrate very good retrievability and usability.
- Has Hollywood finally lost the plot beyond all retrievability?
- I'm afraid our card database may finally have slipped over the horizon of retrievability.
- Affordable technology ‘bridges’ move records easily, even at the moment of transaction, between digital, hard copy, or microfilm as needed, easily and with indexing to support retention policies and retrievability.

retrievable

adjective rɪˈtriːvəb(ə)l

‘Young adults have a high density of stored and retrievable memorable events,’ she says.
Example sentencesExamples
- It holds that the mind can submerge the most traumatic memories in some walled-off place, where they remain unaltered and retrievable in exact detail by a triggering event or therapy.
- These records must be retrievable and secure for extended periods of time.
- Language that specifically describes nursing care on intraoperative records is required to provide retrievable, reliable information.
- For information technology to be fully adopted, clinical notions that are often complex must be accurately and easily represented as coded concepts that are ‘user friendly’ and easily retrievable.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense 'find lost game'): from Old French retroeve-, stressed stem of retrover 'find again'.

Rhymes

achieve, believe, breve, cleave, conceive, deceive, eve, greave, grieve, heave, interleave, interweave, khedive, leave, misconceive, naive, Neve, peeve, perceive, reave, receive, reive, relieve, reprieve, sheave, sleeve, steeve, Steve, Tananarive, Tel Aviv, thieve, underachieve, upheave, weave, we've, Yves

Definition of retrieve in US English:

retrieve

verbrəˈtrivrəˈtrēv

[with object]

1Get or bring (something) back; regain possession of.
I was sent to retrieve the balls from his garden
Steven stooped and retrieved his hat
Example sentencesExamples
- She picked up the bucket next to the well, retrieved water with sure hands this time, and continued on her way.
- If alive we are to amount a rescue party to retrieve them.
- The old man is too enfeebled to make the journey, and sends his young counterpart on the voyage to retrieve the treasure.
- ‘I've gotta go,’ she told them, retrieving Jason from Mabel's arms.
- He had to retrieve his friend, and bring him back to Bruth and every one else who cared about him.
- From there they called for a tow truck and sent it out to retrieve the car.
- Leaving Martin in the hallway, I retrieved my book-bag from the Photography classroom and headed for the Chemistry lab.
- Magellan said he'd take whatever she had in the kitchen, so Ava went in and prepared him a sandwich, poured a beer and retrieved one of their rare oranges.
- I sat down in a chair in the waiting area while he went and retrieved the proper paperwork.
- He returned to the beach, retrieved his and Jake's surfboards and then brought them out to where we were still in the water.
- By design, everyone was forbidden from viewing, modifying or retrieving articles they had sent to the next person in the process chain.
- My companions and I are on a quest to retrieve the artifact and bring it back to the realm, at all costs.
- If you change your will without retrieving the one that was filed, the newer last will and testament will control the disposition of your estate.
- He is sent to Mexico to retrieve a rare pistol, nicknamed ‘The Mexican.’
- I have sent both of them to retrieve the rightful king.
- At around 1.30 pm, the vehicle was successfully retrieved from the water.
- The last thing I got was my staff that was retrieved from outside of town for me, and when I had my bag slung over my shoulder, I turned around to exit the room.
- There is one canister placed in the center of the map and each team must retrieve the canister and bring it back to their team's base.
- We made our way to the front door, where Nathaniel retrieved his coat and hat and called for his coachman.
- James II flung the great seal into the Thames when he fled in 1688, hoping to bring government to a standstill, but it was retrieved by a fisherman.
Synonyms
get back, recover, regain, regain possession of, win back, recoup, reclaim, repossess, redeem, have returned
1. 1.1 (of a dog) find and bring back (game or an object).
  Example sentencesExamples
  Each dog was asked to retrieve a pheasant from the river and all of the 16 completed this task without difficulty.
  If possible, use all the types of birds the dog may retrieve in the future.
2. 1.2 Bring (something) back into one's mind.
  the police hope to encourage him to retrieve forgotten memories
  Example sentencesExamples
  One hundred college students retrieved autobiographical memories associated with panic, trauma, worry, and social anxiety.
  After forgetting the passphrase, there is no way to retrieve the information.
  It's a bracing mental workout that solidifies the memory by actively retrieving information from the recesses of one's own mind.
  Perhaps holding on is a way of marking milestones, but in the final analysis each of those milestones is a moment that has passed and that cannot be retrieved except in memory.
  In her dream, there had been words for everything, but now it was like cupping water, or trying to retrieve a long lost memory - impossible.
  Julia hesitates, but suggests that perhaps some memories can be retrieved through hypnosis.
  He didn't want to bother trying to remember it, trying to sift through the last few sane portions of his mind and his memories to retrieve the name and the life it had led.
  Something such as memory and how the brain stores, retrieves and recognizes it is a total enigma at this point.
  The fact that memories cannot be retrieved in a situation like this was right enough, but Cecil was doing a good enough job of restarting his relationship.
  They can keep more instructions in mind at once and retrieve information from memory more rapidly.
  Thus, bizarre items are overestimated to the extent that they are more easily retrieved from memory.
  Nevertheless she carefully noted his words, his expression and tone of voice, a memory image to be retrieved and considered later.
  Think Casablanca, and the first thing that your mind retrieves isn't the script but the raw feel - the gritty texture of Rick's Café Américain.
3. 1.3 Find or extract (information stored in a computer).
  Example sentencesExamples
  The ease with which information can be retrieved from a site ranks highly among criteria by which users rate a Web site.
  So creating point-in-time backup copies of critical data is required to be able to retrieve deleted or corrupted information.
  When returning to these Web sites, the browser looks for the cookies stored on the computer and retrieves the information to save time.
  Databases excel at storing and retrieving information quickly and easily and make it possible for web developers to create sophisticated applications without getting bogged down in the details.
  To maintain data in a database, data must be retrieved and stored in a consistent, reliable, and efficient manner.
  The lab assistants will also show users how to store data and retrieve it from the public disk drive.
  Just click the ‘send a check’ option at the bottom of the screen and your order number will be retrieved from our database when the check is received.
  The problem is not so much the technology needed to keep up with the volume of storage demands as it is the more human problem of keeping track of what is stored and retrieving just what you need in the future.
  Backup is faster, as is throughput, the rate at which data is stored and retrieved.
  One of the advantages of using a Web-based approach is that email can be retrieved far more quickly than if you use a desktop-based spam filtering package.
  While it is often a good idea to use a database for storing and retrieving information in a web application, it is not always obvious how to go about structuring the tables in that database.
  When the migrated data is requested, the software retrieves the archived data for access.
  That means notebook computers could immediately retrieve any images captured at checkout counters or inside stores.
  The database makes it easy and safe for us to store and retrieve information, and the Mason components make it easy for us to create dynamic output for the end user.
  It's imperative that the stored data can be retrieved if an audit takes place.
  Of course the images were still there, and several people on the Internet gave the photographer the information he needed to retrieve them.
  When a user retrieves free but useful information from a Web site, the Web site is said to have a Gift Model as one component of its business model since it creates value to the business actor.
  Cache memory stores frequently accessed data close to the processor where it can be retrieved more quickly than data stored in the main memory.
  Using a database ensures that we can store and retrieve data needed by our web application without having to create our own persistent storage layer.
  Do you have a computer available to retrieve e-mail and implement your online marketing strategy?
4. 1.4 Put right or improve (an unwelcome situation)
  he made one last desperate attempt to retrieve the situation
  Example sentencesExamples
  On Berg's admission to hospital, there were two unsuccessful attempts to retrieve the situation surgically.
  Though the disaster could have been retrieved, it brought France and Spain into the conflict and placed in jeopardy Britain's command of the seas.
  Although he was reviled at the time as a shallow opportunist, it is fairer to see Brienne as a pragmatic political operator who did what he could to retrieve an increasingly impossible situation.
  Synonyms
  put right, set right, set to rights, put to rights, rectify, remedy, restore, solve, sort out, straighten out, resolve, deal with, correct, repair, mend, fix, redress, make good
5. 1.5no object Reel or bring in a fishing line.
  Example sentencesExamples
  A few years ago I attempted to learn how to retrieve fly line into loops held in my hand.
  Speed can also be critical when the hooked fish is streaking toward you and you must retrieve the slack line in order to keep the fish "on the reel."

nounrəˈtrivrəˈtrēv

1An act of retrieving something, especially game that has been shot.
Example sentencesExamples
- Many partially trained dogs tend to "claim the prey" and are reluctant to complete the retrieve because they want to keep it rather than delivering to you.
- In the trained retrieve, we show the dog how to be successful by first thoroughly teaching it what to do before we begin reinforcing the command "Fetch."
1. 1.1 An act of reeling or drawing in a fishing line.
  Example sentencesExamples
  The slow retrieve, particularly early season, does bring some very good results.
  The best feature on this reel is the very fast retrieve.
  Maybe it is my old spinning days, but I just feel comfortable with my dominant hand holding the rod leaving the left hand for the retrieve.
  If you start the retrieve with the tip of the rod high above the water, you will create a big belly of slack that absorbs every movement of your line hand.
  I fished it with such a slow retrieve that the fly was virtually static.
2archaic The possibility of recovery.
he ruined himself beyond retrieve
Example sentencesExamples
- Their strong friendship was beyond retrieve after the last two years.
- At length, all hope was at an end; I was ruined beyond retrieve.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense ‘find lost game’): from Old French retroeve-, stressed stem of retrover ‘find again’.

单词	retrieve
释义	Definition of retrieve in English: retrieve verb rɪˈtriːvrəˈtriv [with object] 1Get or bring (something) back from somewhere. I was sent to retrieve the balls from his garden Steven stooped and retrieved his hat Example sentencesExamples He is sent to Mexico to retrieve a rare pistol, nicknamed ‘The Mexican.’ ‘I've gotta go,’ she told them, retrieving Jason from Mabel's arms. From there they called for a tow truck and sent it out to retrieve the car. Magellan said he'd take whatever she had in the kitchen, so Ava went in and prepared him a sandwich, poured a beer and retrieved one of their rare oranges. At around 1.30 pm, the vehicle was successfully retrieved from the water. If you change your will without retrieving the one that was filed, the newer last will and testament will control the disposition of your estate. By design, everyone was forbidden from viewing, modifying or retrieving articles they had sent to the next person in the process chain. James II flung the great seal into the Thames when he fled in 1688, hoping to bring government to a standstill, but it was retrieved by a fisherman. She picked up the bucket next to the well, retrieved water with sure hands this time, and continued on her way. He had to retrieve his friend, and bring him back to Bruth and every one else who cared about him. My companions and I are on a quest to retrieve the artifact and bring it back to the realm, at all costs. I have sent both of them to retrieve the rightful king. He returned to the beach, retrieved his and Jake's surfboards and then brought them out to where we were still in the water. I sat down in a chair in the waiting area while he went and retrieved the proper paperwork. Leaving Martin in the hallway, I retrieved my book-bag from the Photography classroom and headed for the Chemistry lab. There is one canister placed in the center of the map and each team must retrieve the canister and bring it back to their team's base. The last thing I got was my staff that was retrieved from outside of town for me, and when I had my bag slung over my shoulder, I turned around to exit the room. We made our way to the front door, where Nathaniel retrieved his coat and hat and called for his coachman. If alive we are to amount a rescue party to retrieve them. The old man is too enfeebled to make the journey, and sends his young counterpart on the voyage to retrieve the treasure. Synonyms get back, recover, regain (possession of), win back, recoup, reclaim, repossess, redeem, have returned salvage, rescue, fetch, bring back Law replevy rare recuperate 1.1 (of a dog) find and bring back (game that has been shot) labradors are used to retrieve the birds after the flush Example sentencesExamples Each dog was asked to retrieve a pheasant from the river and all of the 16 completed this task without difficulty. If possible, use all the types of birds the dog may retrieve in the future. 1.2no object Reel or bring in a fishing line. when he reaches the breakers, with you retrieving furiously, he'll probably change course Example sentencesExamples Speed can also be critical when the hooked fish is streaking toward you and you must retrieve the slack line in order to keep the fish "on the reel." A few years ago I attempted to learn how to retrieve fly line into loops held in my hand. 2Find or extract (information stored in a computer) other features include the ability to store, update, retrieve, and print your data Example sentencesExamples Using a database ensures that we can store and retrieve data needed by our web application without having to create our own persistent storage layer. Databases excel at storing and retrieving information quickly and easily and make it possible for web developers to create sophisticated applications without getting bogged down in the details. Of course the images were still there, and several people on the Internet gave the photographer the information he needed to retrieve them. Backup is faster, as is throughput, the rate at which data is stored and retrieved. One of the advantages of using a Web-based approach is that email can be retrieved far more quickly than if you use a desktop-based spam filtering package. When returning to these Web sites, the browser looks for the cookies stored on the computer and retrieves the information to save time. When a user retrieves free but useful information from a Web site, the Web site is said to have a Gift Model as one component of its business model since it creates value to the business actor. While it is often a good idea to use a database for storing and retrieving information in a web application, it is not always obvious how to go about structuring the tables in that database. The lab assistants will also show users how to store data and retrieve it from the public disk drive. When the migrated data is requested, the software retrieves the archived data for access. So creating point-in-time backup copies of critical data is required to be able to retrieve deleted or corrupted information. That means notebook computers could immediately retrieve any images captured at checkout counters or inside stores. The problem is not so much the technology needed to keep up with the volume of storage demands as it is the more human problem of keeping track of what is stored and retrieving just what you need in the future. Do you have a computer available to retrieve e-mail and implement your online marketing strategy? To maintain data in a database, data must be retrieved and stored in a consistent, reliable, and efficient manner. Cache memory stores frequently accessed data close to the processor where it can be retrieved more quickly than data stored in the main memory. The ease with which information can be retrieved from a site ranks highly among criteria by which users rate a Web site. It's imperative that the stored data can be retrieved if an audit takes place. Just click the ‘send a check’ option at the bottom of the screen and your order number will be retrieved from our database when the check is received. The database makes it easy and safe for us to store and retrieve information, and the Mason components make it easy for us to create dynamic output for the end user. 2.1 Recall (something) the police hope to encourage him to retrieve forgotten memories Example sentencesExamples It's a bracing mental workout that solidifies the memory by actively retrieving information from the recesses of one's own mind. They can keep more instructions in mind at once and retrieve information from memory more rapidly. The fact that memories cannot be retrieved in a situation like this was right enough, but Cecil was doing a good enough job of restarting his relationship. Thus, bizarre items are overestimated to the extent that they are more easily retrieved from memory. Perhaps holding on is a way of marking milestones, but in the final analysis each of those milestones is a moment that has passed and that cannot be retrieved except in memory. Think Casablanca, and the first thing that your mind retrieves isn't the script but the raw feel - the gritty texture of Rick's Café Américain. Something such as memory and how the brain stores, retrieves and recognizes it is a total enigma at this point. One hundred college students retrieved autobiographical memories associated with panic, trauma, worry, and social anxiety. Nevertheless she carefully noted his words, his expression and tone of voice, a memory image to be retrieved and considered later. In her dream, there had been words for everything, but now it was like cupping water, or trying to retrieve a long lost memory - impossible. After forgetting the passphrase, there is no way to retrieve the information. He didn't want to bother trying to remember it, trying to sift through the last few sane portions of his mind and his memories to retrieve the name and the life it had led. Julia hesitates, but suggests that perhaps some memories can be retrieved through hypnosis. 3Put right or improve (an unwelcome situation) he made one last desperate attempt to retrieve the situation Example sentencesExamples Though the disaster could have been retrieved, it brought France and Spain into the conflict and placed in jeopardy Britain's command of the seas. On Berg's admission to hospital, there were two unsuccessful attempts to retrieve the situation surgically. Although he was reviled at the time as a shallow opportunist, it is fairer to see Brienne as a pragmatic political operator who did what he could to retrieve an increasingly impossible situation. Synonyms put right, set right, set to rights, put to rights, rectify, remedy, restore, solve, sort out, straighten out, resolve, deal with, correct, repair, mend, fix, redress, make good improve, amend, ameliorate, make better, better noun rɪˈtriːvrəˈtriv 1An act of retrieving something, especially game that has been shot. watch the dog make the long retrieves Example sentencesExamples Many partially trained dogs tend to "claim the prey" and are reluctant to complete the retrieve because they want to keep it rather than delivering to you. In the trained retrieve, we show the dog how to be successful by first thoroughly teaching it what to do before we begin reinforcing the command "Fetch." 1.1 An act of reeling or drawing in a fishing line. the chances are that the retrieve will bring your bait through an area of unfished water Example sentencesExamples If you start the retrieve with the tip of the rod high above the water, you will create a big belly of slack that absorbs every movement of your line hand. Maybe it is my old spinning days, but I just feel comfortable with my dominant hand holding the rod leaving the left hand for the retrieve. I fished it with such a slow retrieve that the fly was virtually static. The slow retrieve, particularly early season, does bring some very good results. The best feature on this reel is the very fast retrieve. 2archaic mass noun The possibility of recovery. he ruined himself beyond retrieve Example sentencesExamples Their strong friendship was beyond retrieve after the last two years. At length, all hope was at an end; I was ruined beyond retrieve. Derivatives retrievability nounrɪtriːvəˈbɪlɪti The book also covers how to add keywords, titles, and descriptions to your Web pages to maximize retrievability by the general search engines. Example sentencesExamples The database are created for use, after all, so they must also demonstrate very good retrievability and usability. Has Hollywood finally lost the plot beyond all retrievability? I'm afraid our card database may finally have slipped over the horizon of retrievability. Affordable technology ‘bridges’ move records easily, even at the moment of transaction, between digital, hard copy, or microfilm as needed, easily and with indexing to support retention policies and retrievability. retrievable adjective rɪˈtriːvəb(ə)l ‘Young adults have a high density of stored and retrievable memorable events,’ she says. Example sentencesExamples It holds that the mind can submerge the most traumatic memories in some walled-off place, where they remain unaltered and retrievable in exact detail by a triggering event or therapy. These records must be retrievable and secure for extended periods of time. Language that specifically describes nursing care on intraoperative records is required to provide retrievable, reliable information. For information technology to be fully adopted, clinical notions that are often complex must be accurately and easily represented as coded concepts that are ‘user friendly’ and easily retrievable. Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'find lost game'): from Old French retroeve-, stressed stem of retrover 'find again'. Rhymes achieve, believe, breve, cleave, conceive, deceive, eve, greave, grieve, heave, interleave, interweave, khedive, leave, misconceive, naive, Neve, peeve, perceive, reave, receive, reive, relieve, reprieve, sheave, sleeve, steeve, Steve, Tananarive, Tel Aviv, thieve, underachieve, upheave, weave, we've, Yves Definition of retrieve in US English: retrieve verbrəˈtrivrəˈtrēv [with object] 1Get or bring (something) back; regain possession of. I was sent to retrieve the balls from his garden Steven stooped and retrieved his hat Example sentencesExamples She picked up the bucket next to the well, retrieved water with sure hands this time, and continued on her way. If alive we are to amount a rescue party to retrieve them. The old man is too enfeebled to make the journey, and sends his young counterpart on the voyage to retrieve the treasure. ‘I've gotta go,’ she told them, retrieving Jason from Mabel's arms. He had to retrieve his friend, and bring him back to Bruth and every one else who cared about him. From there they called for a tow truck and sent it out to retrieve the car. Leaving Martin in the hallway, I retrieved my book-bag from the Photography classroom and headed for the Chemistry lab. Magellan said he'd take whatever she had in the kitchen, so Ava went in and prepared him a sandwich, poured a beer and retrieved one of their rare oranges. I sat down in a chair in the waiting area while he went and retrieved the proper paperwork. He returned to the beach, retrieved his and Jake's surfboards and then brought them out to where we were still in the water. By design, everyone was forbidden from viewing, modifying or retrieving articles they had sent to the next person in the process chain. My companions and I are on a quest to retrieve the artifact and bring it back to the realm, at all costs. If you change your will without retrieving the one that was filed, the newer last will and testament will control the disposition of your estate. He is sent to Mexico to retrieve a rare pistol, nicknamed ‘The Mexican.’ I have sent both of them to retrieve the rightful king. At around 1.30 pm, the vehicle was successfully retrieved from the water. The last thing I got was my staff that was retrieved from outside of town for me, and when I had my bag slung over my shoulder, I turned around to exit the room. There is one canister placed in the center of the map and each team must retrieve the canister and bring it back to their team's base. We made our way to the front door, where Nathaniel retrieved his coat and hat and called for his coachman. James II flung the great seal into the Thames when he fled in 1688, hoping to bring government to a standstill, but it was retrieved by a fisherman. Synonyms get back, recover, regain, regain possession of, win back, recoup, reclaim, repossess, redeem, have returned 1.1 (of a dog) find and bring back (game or an object). Example sentencesExamples Each dog was asked to retrieve a pheasant from the river and all of the 16 completed this task without difficulty. If possible, use all the types of birds the dog may retrieve in the future. 1.2 Bring (something) back into one's mind. the police hope to encourage him to retrieve forgotten memories Example sentencesExamples One hundred college students retrieved autobiographical memories associated with panic, trauma, worry, and social anxiety. After forgetting the passphrase, there is no way to retrieve the information. It's a bracing mental workout that solidifies the memory by actively retrieving information from the recesses of one's own mind. Perhaps holding on is a way of marking milestones, but in the final analysis each of those milestones is a moment that has passed and that cannot be retrieved except in memory. In her dream, there had been words for everything, but now it was like cupping water, or trying to retrieve a long lost memory - impossible. Julia hesitates, but suggests that perhaps some memories can be retrieved through hypnosis. He didn't want to bother trying to remember it, trying to sift through the last few sane portions of his mind and his memories to retrieve the name and the life it had led. Something such as memory and how the brain stores, retrieves and recognizes it is a total enigma at this point. The fact that memories cannot be retrieved in a situation like this was right enough, but Cecil was doing a good enough job of restarting his relationship. They can keep more instructions in mind at once and retrieve information from memory more rapidly. Thus, bizarre items are overestimated to the extent that they are more easily retrieved from memory. Nevertheless she carefully noted his words, his expression and tone of voice, a memory image to be retrieved and considered later. Think Casablanca, and the first thing that your mind retrieves isn't the script but the raw feel - the gritty texture of Rick's Café Américain. 1.3 Find or extract (information stored in a computer). Example sentencesExamples The ease with which information can be retrieved from a site ranks highly among criteria by which users rate a Web site. So creating point-in-time backup copies of critical data is required to be able to retrieve deleted or corrupted information. When returning to these Web sites, the browser looks for the cookies stored on the computer and retrieves the information to save time. Databases excel at storing and retrieving information quickly and easily and make it possible for web developers to create sophisticated applications without getting bogged down in the details. To maintain data in a database, data must be retrieved and stored in a consistent, reliable, and efficient manner. The lab assistants will also show users how to store data and retrieve it from the public disk drive. Just click the ‘send a check’ option at the bottom of the screen and your order number will be retrieved from our database when the check is received. The problem is not so much the technology needed to keep up with the volume of storage demands as it is the more human problem of keeping track of what is stored and retrieving just what you need in the future. Backup is faster, as is throughput, the rate at which data is stored and retrieved. One of the advantages of using a Web-based approach is that email can be retrieved far more quickly than if you use a desktop-based spam filtering package. While it is often a good idea to use a database for storing and retrieving information in a web application, it is not always obvious how to go about structuring the tables in that database. When the migrated data is requested, the software retrieves the archived data for access. That means notebook computers could immediately retrieve any images captured at checkout counters or inside stores. The database makes it easy and safe for us to store and retrieve information, and the Mason components make it easy for us to create dynamic output for the end user. It's imperative that the stored data can be retrieved if an audit takes place. Of course the images were still there, and several people on the Internet gave the photographer the information he needed to retrieve them. When a user retrieves free but useful information from a Web site, the Web site is said to have a Gift Model as one component of its business model since it creates value to the business actor. Cache memory stores frequently accessed data close to the processor where it can be retrieved more quickly than data stored in the main memory. Using a database ensures that we can store and retrieve data needed by our web application without having to create our own persistent storage layer. Do you have a computer available to retrieve e-mail and implement your online marketing strategy? 1.4 Put right or improve (an unwelcome situation) he made one last desperate attempt to retrieve the situation Example sentencesExamples On Berg's admission to hospital, there were two unsuccessful attempts to retrieve the situation surgically. Though the disaster could have been retrieved, it brought France and Spain into the conflict and placed in jeopardy Britain's command of the seas. Although he was reviled at the time as a shallow opportunist, it is fairer to see Brienne as a pragmatic political operator who did what he could to retrieve an increasingly impossible situation. Synonyms put right, set right, set to rights, put to rights, rectify, remedy, restore, solve, sort out, straighten out, resolve, deal with, correct, repair, mend, fix, redress, make good 1.5no object Reel or bring in a fishing line. Example sentencesExamples A few years ago I attempted to learn how to retrieve fly line into loops held in my hand. Speed can also be critical when the hooked fish is streaking toward you and you must retrieve the slack line in order to keep the fish "on the reel." nounrəˈtrivrəˈtrēv 1An act of retrieving something, especially game that has been shot. Example sentencesExamples Many partially trained dogs tend to "claim the prey" and are reluctant to complete the retrieve because they want to keep it rather than delivering to you. In the trained retrieve, we show the dog how to be successful by first thoroughly teaching it what to do before we begin reinforcing the command "Fetch." 1.1 An act of reeling or drawing in a fishing line. Example sentencesExamples The slow retrieve, particularly early season, does bring some very good results. The best feature on this reel is the very fast retrieve. Maybe it is my old spinning days, but I just feel comfortable with my dominant hand holding the rod leaving the left hand for the retrieve. If you start the retrieve with the tip of the rod high above the water, you will create a big belly of slack that absorbs every movement of your line hand. I fished it with such a slow retrieve that the fly was virtually static. 2archaic The possibility of recovery. he ruined himself beyond retrieve Example sentencesExamples Their strong friendship was beyond retrieve after the last two years. At length, all hope was at an end; I was ruined beyond retrieve. Origin Late Middle English (in the sense ‘find lost game’): from Old French retroeve-, stressed stem of retrover ‘find again’.
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