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 meaning: 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): …

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 …

Dec 18, 2025 · retrieve (third-person singular simple present retrieves, present participle retrieving, simple past and past participle retrieved) (transitive) To regain or get back …

RETRIEVE meaning: 1 : to get and bring (something) back from a place; 2 : to find and get (information) from a computer or disk

If you retrieve something, you get it back from the place where you left it. The men were trying to retrieve weapons left when the army abandoned the island.

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