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[ US /ɹiˈtɹiv, ɹɪˈtɹiv/ ]
[ UK /ɹɪtɹˈiːv/ ]
VERB
  1. run after, pick up, and bring to the master
    train the dog to retrieve
  2. go for and bring back
    retrieve the car from the parking garage
  3. get or find back; recover the use of
    She regained control of herself
    She found her voice and replied quickly
  4. recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
    Do you remember that he once loved you?
    can you remember her phone number?
    I can't think what her last name was
    call up memories
    I can't remember saying any such thing

How To Use retrieve In A Sentence

  • Most fault conditions will set a ABS fault code in the CAB (controller anti-lock brake), which can be retrieved to aid in fault diagnosis.
  • Retrieve the lure rapidly in skips and skitters over the tops of lily pads, along log edges, and above the weeds. Bait and Switch
  • It was a lovely dog. It was a cross between a collie and a golden retriever.
  • The ten purebred dogs, most of them Labrador retrievers, were rescued about a year ago when U.S. law-enforcement officers raided a rural Colombia veterinary clinic.
  • You see this water carefully contained on my hand? It symbolizes Love. As long as you keep your hand curly open and allow it to remain there, it will always be there. However, if you attempt to close your fingers around it and try to possess it, it will spill through the first cracks it finds. This is the greatest mistake that people do when they meet love. They try to posses it, they demand, they expect and just like the water spilling out of your hand, love will retrieve from you.
  • Before she could announce me, I retrieved the coat, muttered a few feeble excuses, and ran.
  • He was judged against a flat-coated retriever, a giant schnauzer, an Old English sheepdog, a wire fox terrier, a saluki hound and Pekingese toy dog.
  • One is the fund selector, which allows you to retrieve the top-performing funds in various classes.
  • But the ball glanced off the top of the wall and quickly was retrieved.
  • Various strategies are devised to arrest or fragment its ongoingness, and to retrieve or redeem moments that seem to stand outside time or otherwise defy it.
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