retrieve
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verb with object
get or bring (something) back; regain possession of:
⦅かたく⦆ 〈人が〉 «…から» 〈物など〉を取り戻す, 回収する «from»
e.g. I was sent to retrieve the balls from his garden
e.g. Steven stooped and retrieved his hat.
(of a dog) find and bring back (game or an object).
〈猟犬が〉〈獲物〉を捜して持ってくる
bring (something) back into one's mind:
e.g. the police hope to encourage him to retrieve forgotten memories.
find or extract (information stored in a computer).
〘コンピュ〙 〈情報など〉を検索する
put right or improve (an unwelcome situation):
⦅かたく⦆ 〈人が〉〈状況など〉を挽回(ばんかい)する; 〈名誉・損失など〉を回復する; «…から» 〈人など〉を救う «from»
e.g. he made one last desperate attempt to retrieve the situation.
no object reel or bring in a fishing line.
noun
1. an act of retrieving something, especially game that has been shot.
an act of reeling or drawing in a fishing line.
2. archaic the possibility of recovery:
e.g. he ruined himself beyond retrieve.
DERIVATIVES
retrievability | riˌtrēvəˈbilətē | noun
retrievable | rəˈtrēvəbəl, rēˈtrēvəbəl | adjective
ORIGIN
late Middle English (in the sense ‘find lost game’): from Old French retroeve-, stressed stem of retrover ‘find again’.