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  • 1retrieve — re|trieve [rıˈtri:v] v [T] [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: retrover to find again , from trover to find ] 1.) formal to find something and bring it back →↑recover ▪ She bent down to retrieve her earring. retrieve sth from sth ▪ It took… …

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  • 2retrieve — verb 1 (T) formal to find something and bring it back: retrieve sth from: I went back to the locker room to retrieve my jacket. | The wreckage of the crashed plane was retrieved from the ocean. 2 retrieve your losses get back money equal to what… …

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  • 3retrieve — [[t]rɪtri͟ːv[/t]] retrieves, retrieving, retrieved 1) VERB If you retrieve something, you get it back from the place where you left it. [V n] He reached over and retrieved his jacket from the back seat... [V n] The men were trying to retrieve… …

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  • 4retrieve */ — UK [rɪˈtriːv] / US [rɪˈtrɪv] verb Word forms retrieve : present tense I/you/we/they retrieve he/she/it retrieves present participle retrieving past tense retrieved past participle retrieved 1) [transitive] formal to get something back, especially …

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  • 5retrieve — re|trieve [ rı triv ] verb * 1. ) transitive FORMAL to get something back, especially something that is not easy to find: She stooped to retrieve the key from the ground. rescue efforts to retrieve the bodies of the victims 2. ) transitive to… …

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  • 6retrieve — v. & n. v.tr. 1 a regain possession of. b recover by investigation or effort of memory. 2 a restore to knowledge or recall to mind. b obtain (information stored in a computer etc.). 3 (of a dog) find and bring in (killed or wounded game etc.). 4… …

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  • 7retrieve — verb 1) I retrieved our balls from their garden Syn: get back, bring back, recover, regain (possession of), recoup, reclaim, repossess, redeem, recuperate See note at recover 2) they were trying to retrieve the situation …

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  • 8retrieve — verb 1) I retrieved our ball from their garden Syn: get back, bring back, recover, recapture, regain, recoup 2) they tried to retrieve the situation Syn: put/set right, rectify, remedy, restore …

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  • 9retrieve — verb 1》 get or bring back.     ↘(of a dog) find and bring back (game that has been shot). 2》 put right or improve (an unwelcome situation). 3》 find or extract (information stored in a computer). noun an act of retrieving. Derivatives… …

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  • 10Koplik-Flecken — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 B05 Masern B05.0 Masern, kompliziert durch Enzephalitis B05.1 …

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