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retrieves

retrieves is the third-person singular simple present indicative of retrieve.

Meaning of retrieve

Verb

retrieve (third-person singular simple present retrieves, present participle retrieving, simple past and past participle retrieved)

  1. (transitive) To regain or get back something.
    • to retrieve one's character or independence; to retrieve a thrown ball
  2. (transitive) To rescue (a creature).
  3. (transitive) To salvage something
  4. (transitive) To remedy or rectify something.
  5. (transitive) To remember or recall something.
  6. (transitive) To fetch or carry back something, especially (computing) a file or data record.
    • to retrieve them from their cold, trivial conceits1714, Rev. Dean Berkeley, letter to Alexander Pope, May 1, 1714

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Questions about retrieves

What is retrieves the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Retrieves is the third-person singular simple present indicative of retrieve.

Words near retrieves in the dictionary

  1. retrievement
  2. retrievements
  3. retriever
  4. retrieverish
  5. retrievers
  6. retrieves
  7. retrievest
  8. retrieveth
  9. retrieving
  10. retrievings
  11. retrig

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