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Defenition of the word retrieval

    • Defenition of the word retrieval

      • The act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost).
      • The operation of accessing information from the computer's memory.
      • the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost)
      • the cognitive operation of accessing information in memory; "my retrieval of people's names is very poor"
      • (computer science) the operation of accessing information from the computer's memory
      • the cognitive operation of accessing information in memory; "my retrieval of people''s names is very poor"
      • (computer science) the operation of accessing information from the computer''s memory
      • the cognitive operation of accessing information in memory

    Synonyms for the word retrieval

      • recovery

    Hyponyms for the word retrieval

      • deliverance
      • delivery
      • ransom
      • recapture
      • reclamation
      • repossession
      • rescue
      • retaking
      • saving
      • stovepiping

    Hypernyms for the word retrieval

      • act
      • computer operation
      • deed
      • effort
      • exploit
      • feat
      • human action
      • human activity
      • machine operation
      • memory
      • remembering

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