Meaning

4 senses

  1. A retrieval.

  2. The return of a difficult ball.

    Rettung, Rettung

  3. (obsolete)A seeking again; a discovery.

  4. (obsolete)The recovery of game once sprung.

Examples

58 sentences

  1. Tom's dog likes to retrieve balls.

    deToms Hund apportiert gerne Bälle. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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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

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By meaning 1
return of a difficult ball:

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

plural: retrieves
Singularretrieve
Pluralretrieves

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
retrainretreatB2retributionretrieverretroretroflex
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