Retrieve
8 lettersverbcommonUpdated February 2026
Definition
To get or bring something back from somewhere, or to find and extract data from storage. To recover or regain possession of something.
“The dog eagerly retrieved the tennis ball from the pond and brought it back to its owner.”
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Contains five vowels E, I, E, E; note the TRIEV consonant-vowel pattern
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