the act of retrieving or something retrieved / (computing) the operation of accessing data, either from memory or from a storage device

plural of retrieval

(transitive) To regain or get back something. / (transitive) To rescue (a creature). / (transitive) To salvage something / (transitive) To remedy or rectify something.

A retrieval / (sports) The return of a difficult ball / (obsolete) A seeking again; a discovery. / (obsolete) The recovery of game once sprung.

One who retrieves something. / A type of gun dog that retrieves game for a hunter. / (surgery) A tool for retrieving materials from the body after an operation.

Capable of being retrieved or recovered.

simple past tense and past participle of retrieve

present participle of retrieve

An act of retrieval.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of retrieve