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. Anuj Somany:

   It is often easier to retrieve the ten years old papers in a dilapidated building of many government organizations than to trace out even the ten months old files in a well-furnished office of most private organizations and this is enough to understand who has better efficiency & effectiveness between them.

2. John Lahiff:

   I drove a cart around there to retrieve the ball and I didn't see the croc sunbaking just on the edge of the water, i'll just stay away from them, that's all. Just don't hit balls in the water.

3. 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.

4. Kyaw Kyaw:

   It's impossible to find a body in this mud. If a body floats up, we try our best to retrieve it.

5. George Filenko:

   This video in particular is on a particular type of hard drive that they have the technology to retrieve it off of.

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