{
    "term": "retrieve",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "retrieve",
            "heSheIt": "retrieves"
        },
        "pastSimple": "retrieved",
        "pastParticiple": "retrieved",
        "ingForm": "retrieving"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to bring or get something back, especially from a place where it should not be",
            "sensetop": "retrieve something from somebody/somethingretrieve something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She bent to retrieve her comb from the floor.",
                    "contextForm": "retrieve something from somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The dog retrieved the ball from the water."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The police have managed to retrieve some of the stolen money.",
                    "contextForm": "retrieve something"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "recover"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to find and get back data or information that has been stored in the memory of a computer",
            "sensetop": "retrieve something from somebody/somethingretrieve something",
            "labels": "(computing)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to retrieve information from the database",
                    "contextForm": "retrieve something from somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The program allows you to retrieve items quickly by searching under a keyword.",
                    "contextForm": "retrieve something"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Computers"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to make a bad situation better; to get back something that was lost",
            "sensetop": "retrieve something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You can only **retrieve the situation** by apologizing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Employers are anxious to retrieve the investment they have made in training their employees."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈtriːv/",
                "audio": "re/retrieve/retrieve__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈtriːvz/",
                "audio": "re/retrieve/retrieves__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈtriːvd/",
                "audio": "re/retrieve/retrieved__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈtriːvɪŋ/",
                "audio": "re/retrieve/retrieving__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈtriːv/",
                "audio": "re/retrieve/retrieve__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈtriːvz/",
                "audio": "re/retrieve/retrieves__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈtriːvd/",
                "audio": "re/retrieve/retrieved__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈtriːvɪŋ/",
                "audio": "re/retrieve/retrieving__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘find lost game’): from Old French retroeve-, stressed stem of retrover ‘find again’."
}