retrieve

About 3.79 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To regain or get back something.

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

2. verb To rescue (a creature).
3. verb To salvage something
4. verb To remedy or rectify something.
5. verb To remember or recall something.
6. verb To fetch or carry back something, especially a file or data record.
7. verb To fetch and bring in game.

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

8. verb To fetch and bring in game systematically.

   Dog breeds called 'retrievers' were selected for retrieving.

Similar words

recover regain call back recall find recollect remind remember call up think

Often followed by

the a it his information and data them their

Word family

retrievabilities retrievability retrievable retrieved retrieves retrieving