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English noun: retrieval | |||
| 1. | retrieval (process) (computer science) the operation of accessing information from the computer's memory | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | computer operation, machine operation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | stovepiping | ||
| Domain category | computer science, computing | ||
| 2. | retrieval (cognition) the cognitive operation of accessing information in memory | ||
| Samples | My retrieval of people's names is very poor. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | memory, remembering | ||
| 3. | retrieval (act) the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost) | ||
| Synonyms | recovery | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | act, deed, human action, human activity | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | deliverance, delivery, ransom, recapture, reclamation, repossession, rescue, retaking, saving | ||
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