Synonyms for retrieve

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ri-treev

Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈtriv

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Définition of retrieve

Origin : early 15c., retreve, originally in reference to dogs finding lost game, from Middle French retruev-, stem of Old French retreuver (Modern French retrouver) "find again, recover, meet again, recognize," from re- "again" (see re-) + trouver "to find," probably from Vulgar Latin *tropare "to compose" (see trove). Altered 16c. to retrive; modern form is from mid-17c.

verb get back

Example sentences :

His hat floated off and he grudged the slight effort to retrieve it.
Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling

Even then it was not too late for Baseek to retrieve the situation.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

He was in want of a youth whom he could trust, and who would help him to retrieve his affairs.
Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola

Go back to them now and retrieve what you have lost, and see that in the future you are worthier.
Extract from : « Love-at-Arms » by Raphael Sabatini

And with that slender capital he intended that night to retrieve his lost fortune.
Extract from : « The White Lie » by William Le Queux

He can retrieve rabbits almost as well as he can catch them.
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 1, 1916 » by Various

For he was not an old man, and hoped yet to retrieve his fortunes.
Extract from : « At the Back of the North Wind » by George MacDonald

He had now to retrieve his fallen honour, and to make amends for his guilt.
Extract from : « History of the Moravian Church » by J. E. Hutton

As Parr moved to retrieve these, his companions called out to halt him.
Extract from : « The Devil's Asteroid » by Manly Wade Wellman

Lady Evenswood, with a quick perception, tried to retrieve the observation.
Extract from : « Tristram of Blent » by Anthony Hope

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