Meaning & use
retrieve
To get something back, especially from a place where it was left or lost.
See it in a sentence
The dog ran into the lake to retrieve the tennis ball.
She had to retrieve her password after forgetting it for weeks.
A note on using this word
Retrieve is used both literally, for fetching objects, and technically, as in retrieving data from a computer or database.
Words with a similar meaning
recoverfetch
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