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retrieval

/ɹɪˈtɹiːvəl/

retrieval noun: the act of retrieving or something retrieved.

Noun

retrieval (countable and uncountable, plural retrievals)

  1. The act of retrieving or something retrieved.
    • Search dogs assisted in the retrieval of survivors.
  2. The operation of accessing data, either from memory or from a storage device.
    • data retrieval
    • document retrieval
  3. The cognitive process of bringing stored information into consciousness.
    • information retrieval

retrieval meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Kannada

retrieval in Tamil

மீட்பு

retrieval in Urdu

باز یابی

retrieval in Bengali

উদ্ধার

retrieval in Kannada

ಪುನಃ ಪ್ರಾಪ್ತಿ

Examples of retrieval in a sentence

  • The main aim was to facilitate and effectivate information retrieval and update in all the institutions concerned.
  • Nico was growling when he anxiously pressed the message retrieval key.
  • Moreover, their areal extension is pretty comparable to the typical pixel size of satellite retrievals.

All 21 example sentences with retrieval

Forms of retrieval

pluralretrievals

Plural of retrieval: retrievals

Words formed from retrieval

Questions about retrieval

What does retrieval mean?
Retrieval means the act of retrieving or something retrieved.
What is retrieval in Tamil?
Retrieval in Tamil is மீட்பு. See Retrieval meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is retrieval?
Retrieval is a noun.
How do you pronounce retrieval?
Retrieval is pronounced /ɹɪˈtɹiːvəl/.
What is the plural of retrieval?
The plural of retrieval is retrievals.

Words near retrieval in the dictionary

  1. retries
  2. retrievability
  3. retrievable
  4. retrievableness
  5. retrievably
  6. retrieval
  7. retrievals
  8. retrieve
  9. retrieved
  10. retrieveless
  11. retrievement

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: retrieval (page history and authors); retrieval (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); retrieval (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); retrieval (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); retrieval (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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