The meaning of RETRIEVE is to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game). How to use retrieve in a sentence.

RETRIEVE definition: to recover or regain. See examples of retrieve used in a sentence.

RETRIEVE definition: 1. to find and bring back something: 2. in tennis and similar sports, to successfully return a…. Learn more.

Definition of retrieve verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

To get back into one's grasp, possession, or control, especially from a known place or a place of storage: retrieved his coat from the closet. b. To go to and bring or escort back (someone): …

If you manage to retrieve a situation, you succeed in bringing it back into a more acceptable state. He is the one man who could retrieve that situation. [VERB noun]

5 days ago · retrieve (third-person singular simple present retrieves, present participle retrieving, simple past and past participle retrieved) (transitive) To regain or get back something. quotations

re•trieve /rɪˈtriv/ v. [~ + object], -trieved, -triev•ing. to find and bring back: The dog retrieved the Frisbee. Computing to locate and read (data) from computer storage, as for display on a …

Retrieve definition: To recall to mind (a memory, for example); remember.

There are 21 meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb retrieve, six of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.