Synonyms for retrieve
rɪˈtriv

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1. recover, retrieve, find, regain(verb)

   get or find back; recover the use of

   "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly"

   Synonyms:
   line up, detect, go back, find oneself, recoup, get, get hold, recollect, recuperate, find, reclaim, rule, notice, convalesce, call up, chance, determine, see, find out, come up, think, encounter, happen, feel, incur, observe, recall, witness, call back, recover, ascertain, bump, remember, regain, obtain, discover, receive

2. retrieve(verb)

   go for and bring back

   "retrieve the car from the parking garage"

   Synonyms:
   call up, find, remember, recollect, call back, recall, think, recover, regain

3. retrieve(verb)

   run after, pick up, and bring to the master

   "train the dog to retrieve"

   Synonyms:
   call up, find, remember, recollect, call back, recall, think, recover, regain

4. remember, retrieve, recall, call back, call up, recollect, think(verb)

   recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

   "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories"

   Synonyms:
   recover, cerebrate, suppose, mean, reckon, commemorate, mobilize, phone, return, recollect, find, call in, rally, hark back, call up, echo, guess, come back, call, think, intend, conceive, opine, bring forward, imagine, recall, mobilise, commend, believe, call back, think back, think of, ring, consider, remember, cogitate, withdraw, regain, telephone

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1. retrieve

   The transitive use of recover in the sense of cure, heal, etc., as in 2 Kings v, 6, "That thou mayest recover him of his leprosy," is now practically obsolete. The chief transitive use of recover is in the sense to obtain again after losing, regain, repossess, etc.; as, to recover stolen goods; to recover health. The intransitive sense, be cured, be restored, etc., is very common; as, to recover from sickness, terror, or misfortune.

   Synonyms:
   be cured, be healed, be restored, cure, heal, reanimate, recover, recruit, recuperate, regain, repossess, restore, resume

   Antonyms:
   die, fail, grow worse, relapse, sink

   Preposition:
   From; rarely of; (Law) to recover judgment against, to recover damages of or from a person.

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1. retrieve

   Synonyms:
   recover, regain, rescue, repair, restore

   Antonyms:
   lose, forfeit, abandon, betray, surrender, impair, deteriorate

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1. retrieve(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   regain, recover, restore, repair, re-establish, get again

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1. List of paraphrases:

   recover, regain, retrieving, retrieves, recovering, reclaim, retrieved, extract, retreive, recoup, retrive, recovery, restore, recuperate, repossess, retrieval, recapture, fetch, extracting

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How to use retrieve in a sentence?

1. David Kennedy:

   When you move that over to a public email address or a personal account, you lose all of that backup capability, so there's no way to actually go back and retrieve it.

2. Chief Egunwale Amusan:

   Our goal is to retrieve those bodies, the mayor has called it a crime scene so we want it thoroughly investigated.

3. Keyaira Smith:

   The gun slipped out of the holster when he had fallen, and I think he may have tried to retrieve it, there was absolutely no hesitation at all.

4. Jinshiro Motoyama:

   They'd been there before I was born so I coexisted alongside them, but I remember kicking a soccer ball into one by mistake when I was around six years old. I couldn't go in to retrieve it -- and it only hit me why when I grew up.

5. Linda Nelson:

   Iowa Democratic Party called at 1:23 a.m., I was fast asleep, i had to go out to my car, retrieve my materials and shared with them totals after both alignments and delegate distribution.

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