Meaning & Definition of Retrieve in English

1. Get or find back

• Recover the use of

• "She regained control of herself"

• "She found her voice and replied quickly"

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. Recall knowledge from memory

• Have a recollection

• "I can't remember saying any such thing"

• "I can't think what her last name was"

• "Can you remember her phone number?"

• "Do you remember that he once loved you?"

• "Call up memories"