Meaning

11 senses

  1. (transitive)To regain or get back something.

    to retrieve one's character or independence; to retrieve a thrown ball

    zurückholen, zurückerhalten, wiedererhalten

    оты́скиватьotýskivatʹ, отыска́тьotyskátʹ, возвраща́тьvozvraščátʹ

    повертати собіpovertaty sobi

    get or find back; recover the use of

  2. (transitive)To rescue (a creature).

    retten

    спаса́тьspasátʹ, спасти́spastí

    рятуватиrjatuvaty

  3. (transitive)To salvage something

    bergen, wiedererlangen

    спаса́тьspasátʹ, спасти́spastí

  4. (transitive)To remedy or rectify something.

    wiedergutmachen, richtigstellen, (etwas) abstellen

    исправля́тьispravljátʹ, испра́витьisprávitʹ

    виправлятиvypravljaty, відновлюватиvidnovljuvaty

  5. (transitive)To remember or recall something.

    erinnern, sich erinnern

    вспомина́тьvspominátʹ, вспо́мнитьvspómnitʹ

    recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

  6. (transitive)To fetch or carry back something, especially (computing) a file or data record.

    zurückbringen, zurückholen, (Daten) holen

    приноси́тьprinosítʹ, принести́prinestí

  7. (transitive)To fetch and bring in game.

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

    apportieren

    приноси́тьprinosítʹ, принести́prinestí

    go for and bring back

  8. (intransitive)To fetch and bring in game systematically.

    Dog breeds called 'retrievers' were selected for retrieving.

    apportieren

  9. (intransitive)To fetch or carry back systematically, notably as a game.

    Most dogs love retrieving, regardless of what object is thrown.

    apportieren

  10. (transitive)To make a difficult but successful return of the ball.

  11. (obsolete)To remedy the evil consequence of, to repair (a loss or damage).

    wiedergutmachen

Examples

58 sentences

  1. Tom's dog likes to retrieve balls.

    deToms Hund apportiert gerne Bälle.

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  2. Karl managed to retrieve the pictures.

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  3. Karl retrieved the bag and escaped.

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  4. Pietro tried to retrieve the samples.

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  5. Pietro managed to retrieve the samples.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
to regain or get back something:
to rescue:
to remedy or rectify something:
Русский
By meaning 5
to regain or get back something:
to rescue:
to remedy or rectify something:
to remember or recall something:
to fetch or carry back something:
Deutsch
By meaning 7
to regain or get back something:
to rescue:
to salvage something:
to remedy or rectify something:
to remember or recall something:
to fetch or carry back something:
to fetch and bring in game:

Origin

Recorded in Middle English c. 1410 as retreve (altered to retrive in the 16th century; mod

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”).

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Forms

retrieves, retrieving, retrieved, retrieved
Base formretrieve · to retrieve
3rd person singularretrieves
Present participleretrieving
Past simpleretrieved
Past participleretrieved

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyretrieve
he, she, itretrieves

Past simpleLesson

all personsretrieved

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave retrieved
he, she, ithas retrieved

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill retrieve

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

7 related words
Relatedretrievalretriever
Derivedretrievabilityretrievableretrievelessretrievementunretrieved

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
retrainretreatB2retributionretrieverretroretroflex
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