retrieved Definition

retrieve
verb retrieved, retrieving

1. To get or bring something back again; to recover.

Thesaurus: recover, salvage, save, recoup, rescue, fetch, regain, repossess, recapture; Antonym: lose.
2. To rescue or save something.

Example: retrieve the situation
3. To save (time).
4. To restore (honour or fortune).
5. To make good (a loss, error, etc).
6. computing.
To recover (information) from storage in a computer memory.
7. To remember or recall something to mind.
tr & intr
8. Said of a dog: to search for and bring back (game that has been shot, or a ball, stick, etc that has been thrown).
9. In tennis, etc: to return successfully (a shot that is difficult to reach).

Derivative: retrievable
adj

Derivative: retrieval

The act or possibility of retrieving something or getting it back.

The extraction of data from a file.

Etymology: 15c: from French retrover.