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