retrieve
pronunciation
How to pronounce retrieve in British English:
UK [rɪˈtriːv]
How to pronounce retrieve in American English:
US [rɪˈtriːv]
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- Verb:
- get or find back; recover the use of
- of trained dogs
- recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
Word Origin
- retrieve
- retrieve: [15] To retrieve something is etymologically to ‘re-find’ it. The word comes from retreuv-, the stem of Old French retrover. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix re- ‘again’ and trover ‘find’ (ancestor of modern French trouver and source of English troubadour and trove, as in treasure trove). Its original application in English was to dogs refinding game that had been temporarily lost (hence the term retriever [15]).=> troubadour, trove
- retrieve (v.)
- 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.
Example
- 1. A speed-dial function can rapidly retrieve the most frequently visited routes .
- 2. Register for a free account to save your documents online and retrieve them from anywhere .
- 3. Social data tags retrieve and format data to the application or user making the request .
- 4. Once the associations are in place , we can retrieve related data very easily without any trouble .
- 5. You can use this natural human propensity to retrieve your audience 's attention .