noun
1. (computer science) the operation of accessing information from the computer's memory
• Topics: ↑computer science, ↑computing
• Hypernyms: ↑computer operation, ↑machine operation
• Hyponyms: ↑stovepiping
2. the cognitive operation of accessing information in memory
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my retrieval of people's names is very poor
• Derivationally related forms: ↑retrieve
• Hypernyms: ↑memory, ↑remembering
3. the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost)
• Syn: ↑recovery
• Hypernyms: ↑act, ↑deed, ↑human action, ↑human activity
• Hyponyms:
↑repossession, ↑reclamation, ↑rescue, ↑deliverance, ↑delivery, ↑saving, ↑ransom, ↑recapture, ↑retaking
Useful english dictionary. 2012.