"retrieval" meaning in English

See retrieval in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɹɪˈtɹiːvəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-retrieval.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-retrieval.wav [US] Forms: retrievals [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} retrieval (countable and uncountable, plural retrievals)
  1. the act of retrieving or something retrieved Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of retrieving): възвръщане (vǎzvrǎštane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), nouto (Finnish), haku (Finnish), récupération [feminine] (French), recupero [masculine] (Italian), salvataggio [masculine] (Italian), recuperare [feminine] (Romanian), recuperación [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-retrieval-en-noun-SPXTZKSo Disambiguation of 'act of retrieving': 90 6 4
  2. (computing) the operation of accessing data, either from memory or from a storage device Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-retrieval-en-noun-tHNCyPs9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 71 14 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  3. the cognitive process of bringing stored information into consciousness Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-retrieval-en-noun-JAgEFybW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: document retrieval, information retrieval, text retrieval

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for retrieval meaning in English (3.7kB)

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