retrieve
verb
[ rɪˈtriːv ]
• get or bring (something) back from somewhere.
• "I was sent to retrieve the balls from his garden"
Similar:
get back,
recover,
regain (possession of),
win back,
recoup,
reclaim,
repossess,
redeem,
have returned,
salvage,
rescue,
fetch,
bring back,
replevy,
recuperate,
• find or extract (information stored in a computer).
• "other features include the ability to store, update, retrieve, and print your data"
• put right or improve (an unwelcome situation).
• "he made one last desperate attempt to retrieve the situation"
Similar:
put right,
set right,
set to rights,
put to rights,
rectify,
remedy,
restore,
solve,
sort out,
straighten out,
resolve,
deal with,
correct,
repair,
mend,
fix,
redress,
make good,
improve,
amend,
ameliorate,
make better,
better,
retrieve
noun
• an act of retrieving something, especially game that has been shot.
• "watch the dog make the long retrieves"
• the possibility of recovery.
• "he ruined himself beyond retrieve"
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘find lost game’): from Old French retroeve-, stressed stem of retrover ‘find again’.
