| VERB | possession | retrieve, recover, find, regain | get or find back |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact | retrieve | go for and bring back | |
| contact | retrieve | run after, pick up, and bring to the master | |
| cognition | retrieve, remember, recall, call back, call up, recollect, think | recall knowledge from memory |
| Sounds | rihtriy'v; riytriy'v | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | achieve ... weave: 34 rhymes with iyv... | |
| Meaning | get or find back; recover the use of. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody | |
| Synonyms | recover, find, regain | |
| Narrower | access | Obtain or retrieve from a storage device |
| Broader | get, acquire | Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract |
| Similar to | find, regain | come upon after searching |
| Spanish | recobrar, reconquistar, recuperar | |
| Catalan | recobrar, recuperar | |
| Nouns | retrieval | the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost) |
| Meaning | Go for and bring back. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "retrieve the car from the parking garage" | |
| Broader | bring, get, convey, fetch | go or come after and bring or take back |
| Similar to | retrieve | Run after, pick up, and bring to the master |
| Meaning | Run after, pick up, and bring to the master. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "train the dog to retrieve" | |
| Broader | bring, get, convey, fetch | go or come after and bring or take back |
| Similar to | retrieve | Go for and bring back |
| Nouns | retriever | a dog with heavy water-resistant coat that can be trained to retrieve game |
| Meaning | recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE; Somebody ----s VERB-ing | |
| Model | They won't retrieve the story | |
| Synonyms | remember, recall, call back, call up, recollect, think | |
| Caused by | remind | put in the mind of someone |
| Narrower | know | perceive as familiar / familiar |
| recognize, recognise | perceive to be the same | |
| review, brush up, refresh | refresh one's memory | |
| Opposite | forget, block, blank out, draw a blank | Be unable to remember |
| Spanish | acordarse, acordar, evocar, recordar, rememorar | |
| Catalan | recordar, rememorar | |
| Nouns | retrieval | the cognitive operation of accessing information in memory |
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