1. Get or get back; recover the use of
   "She retrieved her lost wallet";
   - recover, find, regain
    
2. Go for and bring back
   "retrieve the car from the parking garage"
    
3. Run after, pick up, and bring to the master
   "train the dog to retrieve"
    
4. Have and bring to mind a memory of something; bring back knowledge from memory
   "He retrieved the formula just in time for the test";
   - remember, recall, call back, call up, recollect, think
    
5. (computing) find and return data from a database or storage system
   "The program retrieves customer information from the server"

Derived forms: retrieves, retrieved, retrieving

Type of: acquire, bring, cerebrate, cogitate, fetch, get, think

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