The secretary went to the storage room to retrieve the file.
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Retrieve
//ɹɪˈtɹiːv//
Synonyms for "retrieve" (95 found)
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Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (29)
Related words (47)
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8 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
6 entrieshas context
2 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
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2 entriesTranslations
147 translations across 28 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- استرجع verb (to regain or get back something)
Armenian
4 entries- հետ բերել verb (to fetch or carry back something)
- վերադարձնել verb (to fetch or carry back something)
- վերականգնել verb (to remedy or rectify something)
- վերհիշել verb (to remember or recall something)
Bulgarian
4 entries- възвръщам си verb (to regain or get back something)
- донасям verb (to fetch and bring in game)
- поправям verb (to remedy or rectify something)
- спасявам verb (to rescue)
Catalan
1 entries- recuperar verb (to regain or get back something)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 重拾 verb (to regain or get back something)
Dutch
4 entries- redding noun (return of a difficult ball)
- apporteren verb (to fetch and bring in game)
- bergen verb (to salvage something)
- herstellen verb (to remedy or rectify something)
Finnish
4 entries- palautus noun (return of a difficult ball)
- pelastus noun (return of a difficult ball)
- hankkia takaisin verb (to regain or get back something)
- korjata verb (to remedy or rectify something)
French
2 entries- retrouver verb (to regain or get back something)
- récupérer verb (to regain or get back something)
German
4 entries- Rettung noun (return of a difficult ball)
- Rettung noun (return of a difficult ball)
- (Daten) abrufen verb (to fetch or carry back something)
- (Daten) einlesen verb (to fetch or carry back something)
Greek
4 entries- διορθώνω verb (to remedy or rectify something)
- επανορθώνω verb (to remedy or rectify something)
- πίσω verb (to regain or get back something)
- παίρνω verb (to regain or get back something)
Hebrew
2 entries- הביא חזרה verb (to fetch or carry back something)
- החזיר verb (to fetch or carry back something)
Ingrian
1 entries- perriä verb (to regain or get back something)
Italian
4 entries- raccattare verb (to fetch or carry back something)
- recuperare verb (to regain or get back something)
- recuperare verb (to rescue)
- recuperare verb (to salvage something)
Japanese
1 entries- 取り戻す verb (to regain or get back something)
Khmer
1 entries- ទៅយក verb (to fetch or carry back something)
Māori
1 entries- whakahoki verb (to regain or get back something)
Occitan
2 entries- recuperar verb (to regain or get back something)
- retrobar verb (to regain or get back something)
Polish
4 entries- naprawiać verb (to remedy or rectify something)
- naprawić verb (to remedy or rectify something)
- odzyskać verb (to regain or get back something)
- odzyskiwać verb (to regain or get back something)
Portuguese
4 entries- recuperar verb (to regain or get back something)
- recuperar verb (to rescue)
- recuperar verb (to salvage something)
- recuperar verb (to remedy or rectify something)
Romanian
2 entries- aduce înapoi verb (to fetch or carry back something)
- recupera verb (to regain or get back something)
Russian
4 entries- верну́ть verb (to regain or get back something)
- возвраща́ть verb (to regain or get back something)
- вспо́мнить verb (to remember or recall something)
- вспомина́ть verb (to remember or recall something)
Slovene
1 entries- prinesti verb (to fetch and bring in game)
Spanish
4 entries- coger verb (to fetch or carry back something)
- diñarse verb (to fetch or carry back something)
- entregarse verb (to fetch or carry back something)
- ir a por verb (to fetch or carry back something)
Swedish
1 entries- minnas verb (to remember or recall something)
Turkish
2 entries- geri almak verb (to regain or get back something)
- kurtarmak verb (to rescue)
Ukrainian
4 entries- виправляти verb (to remedy or rectify something)
- відновлювати verb (to remedy or rectify something)
- повертати собі verb (to regain or get back something)
- рятувати verb (to rescue)
Vietnamese
1 entries- thu thập verb (to fetch or carry back something)
Walloon
1 entries- ritrover verb (to regain or get back something)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
I can't retrieve the paper.
Source: tatoeba (2490414)
Your attempt to retrieve your password was not successful. Please try again.
Source: tatoeba (2595693)
The police had to retrieve the murder weapon to prove Dan's guilt.
Source: tatoeba (3930968)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.