Retrieval

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act or process of retrieving.
  • n. Computer Science The process of accessing information from memory or other storage devices.
  • n. The possibility of being retrieved or restored: lost possessions beyond retrieval.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. the act of retrieving or something retrieved
  • n. the operation of accessing data, either from memory or from a storage device
  • n. the cognitive process of bringing stored information into consciousness
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act retrieving.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act or process of retrieving; recovery; restoration.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost)
  • n. the cognitive operation of accessing information in memory
  • n. (computer science) the operation of accessing information from the computer's memory
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    remembering    memory   
    Cross Reference
    recovery   
    Synonym
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    recovery   
    Rhyme
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    evil    medieval    primeval    upheaval    weavil    weevil   
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