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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
retrieve
/ɹiˈtɹiv/
verb1 of 2
to find and get something from somewhere
- “I will retrieve them tomorrow if I have time.”Tatoeba
- “The ball boy retrieved the tennis ball.”Tatoeba
Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.
noun2 of 2
The return of a difficult ball
Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)