retrieve

5 definitions • 10 examples

to find and bring back something:

We taught our dog to retrieve a ball.

retrieve information Computers are used to store and retrieve information efficiently.

in tennis and similar sports, to successfully return a ball that is difficult to reach :

They slid deftly to retrieve seemingly impossible balls.

On the first point of the match, she retrieved a wide ball to pass her opponent at the net.

to find and bring back something:

Important historic documents were retrieved from a dumpster last week.

to get stored information from a computer:

retrieve data/information I finally managed to retrieve the deleted data.

retrieve a record/image/file, etc. The search is designed to retrieve all the records WorldCat has for a particular book.

retrieve sth from sth The product helps retrieve accidentally deleted image files from virtually any kind of removable media for digital cameras.

to get something back that has been lost, taken, or left somewhere:

The company has taken legal action to retrieve the stolen cash.

retrieve sth from sb/sth He retrieved the documents from his colleague's desk.