Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹɪˈtɹiːv/, /ɹəˈtɹiːv/, /ɹiˈtɹiːv/
- Rhymes: -iːv
Verb
retrieve (third-person singular simple present retrieves, present participle retrieving, simple past and past participle retrieved)
- (transitive) To regain or get back something.
to retrieve one's character or independence; to retrieve a thrown ball
1697, Virgil, “The Sixth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:With late repentance now they would retrieve / The bodies they forsook, and wish to live.
- (transitive) To rescue (a creature).
- (transitive) To salvage something
- (transitive) To remedy or rectify something.
- (transitive) To remember or recall something.
- (transitive) To fetch or carry back something, especially (computing) a file or data record.
1714, Rev. Dean Berkeley, letter to Alexander Pope, May 1, 1714:to retrieve them from their cold, trivial conceits
- (transitive) To fetch and bring in game.
The cook doesn't care what's shot, only what's actually retrieved.
- (intransitive) To fetch and bring in game systematically.
Dog breeds called 'retrievers' were selected for retrieving.
- (intransitive) To fetch or carry back systematically, notably as a game.
Most dogs love retrieving, regardless of what object is thrown.
- (sports, transitive) To make a difficult but successful return of the ball.
- (obsolete) To remedy the evil consequence of, to repair (a loss or damage).
1718, Mat[thew] Prior, “Solomon on the Vanity of the World. A Poem in Three Books.”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], and John Barber […], →OCLC, (please specify the page):Accept my sorrow, and retrieve my fall.
Translations
to regain or get back something
- Arabic: استرجع (istarajaʿa)
- Bulgarian: възвръщам си (vǎzvrǎštam si)
- Catalan: recuperar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 重拾 (chóngshí)
- Dutch: terugbrengen (nl), terugkrijgen (nl)
- Finnish: hankkia takaisin, saada takaisin
- French: récupérer (fr), retrouver (fr)
- German: zurückholen (de), zurückerhalten (de), wiedererhalten, wiedererlangen (de)
- Greek: παίρνω (el) (paírno), πίσω (el) (píso)
- Ingrian: perriä
- Italian: recuperare (it), riguadagnare, riottenere (it)
- Japanese: 取り戻す (ja) (とりもどす, torimodosu)
- Maori: whakahoki
- Occitan: recuperar (oc), retrobar
- Polish: odzyskiwać (pl) impf, odzyskać (pl) pf
- Portuguese: recuperar (pt)
- Romanian: recupera (ro)
- Russian: оты́скивать (ru) impf (otýskivatʹ), отыска́ть (ru) pf (otyskátʹ), возвраща́ть (ru) impf (vozvraščátʹ), верну́ть (ru) pf (vernútʹ)
- Spanish: recuperar (es) m, recobrar (es)
- Turkish: geri almak (tr)
- Ukrainian: повертати собі (povertaty sobi)
- Walloon: ritrover (wa)
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to remedy or rectify something
- Armenian: վերականգնել (hy) (verakangnel)
- Bulgarian: поправям (bg) (popravjam)
- Dutch: herstellen (nl), rechtzetten (nl)
- Finnish: korjata (fi), pelastaa (fi)
- German: wiedergutmachen (de), richtigstellen (de)
- Greek: επανορθώνω (el) (epanorthóno) (epanorthóno), διορθώνω (el) (diorthóno) (diorthóno)
- Italian: rimediare (it), recuperare (it)
- Polish: naprawiać (pl), naprawić (pl), zaradzić
- Portuguese: recuperar (pt), remediar (pt)
- Russian: исправля́ть (ru) impf (ispravljátʹ), испра́вить (ru) pf (isprávitʹ)
- Ukrainian: виправляти (vypravljaty), відновлювати (vidnovljuvaty)
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to remember or recall something
to fetch or carry back something
- Armenian: վերադարձնել (hy) (veradarjnel), հետ բերել (het berel)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
- Dutch: terugbrengen (nl)
- Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: noutaa (fi)
- German: zurückbringen (de), zurückholen (de)
- Hebrew: החזיר (hekhzír), הביא חזרה (heví khazará)
- Italian: riportare (it), raccattare, rintracciare (it)
- Japanese: please add this translation if you can
- Khmer: ទៅយក (tɨw yɔɔk)
- Polish: przynosić (pl), przynieść (pl)
- Romanian: aduce înapoi
- Russian: приноси́ть (ru) impf (prinosítʹ), принести́ (ru) pf (prinestí)
- Spanish: ir a por, entregarse (es), diñarse, pescar (es), coger (es)
- Thai: please add this translation if you can
- Vietnamese: thu thập (vi)
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to fetch and bring in game
to fetch and bring in game systematically
to fetch or carry back systematically, notably as a game
to make a difficult ball return
to remedy the evil consequence of, to repair a loss or damage