retrieval — re|triev|al [ rı trivl ] noun uncount 1. ) the process of getting something back that was lost or not in its usual place: the retrieval of cargo from the sunken ship 2. ) COMPUTING the process of getting back information stored inside a computer… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
retrieval — noun (U) 1 technical the process of getting back information from a computer system: information retrieval | a retrieval system 2 (U) the act of getting back something you have lost or left somewhere 3 be beyond/past retrieval if a situation is… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
retrieval — UK [rɪˈtriːv(ə)l] / US [rɪˈtrɪv(ə)l] noun [uncountable] 1) the process of getting something back that was lost or not in its usual place the retrieval of cargo from the sunken ship 2) computing the process of getting back information stored… … English dictionary
Beyond Recall (novel) — infobox Book | name = Beyond Recall title orig = Unwiederbringlich translator = Douglas Parmée. image caption = author = Theodor Fontane cover artist = country = Germany language = German series = genre = Novel publisher = Verlag Wilhelm Hertz… … Wikipedia
retrieval — re|triev|al [rıˈtri:vəl] n [U] 1.) technical the process of getting back information stored on a computer system ▪ a new system that should speed up information retrieval 2.) the act of getting back something you have lost or left somewhere 3.)… … Dictionary of contemporary English
retrieval — noun Date: circa 1643 1. an act or process of retrieving 2. possibility of being retrieved or of recovering < beyond retrieval > … New Collegiate Dictionary
retrieval — /ri tree veuhl/, n. 1. the act of retrieving. 2. the chance of recovery or restoration: lost beyond retrieval. [1635 45; RETRIEVE + AL2] * * * … Universalium
retrieval — re•triev•al [[t]rɪˈtri vəl[/t]] n. 1) the act of retrieving 2) the chance of recovery or restoration: lost beyond retrieval[/ex] • Etymology: 1635–45 … From formal English to slang
retrieval — /rəˈtrivəl/ (say ruh treevuhl) noun 1. the act of retrieving. 2. chance of recovery or restoration: lost beyond retrieval. {retriev(e) + al2} …
past retrieval — beyond/past/retrieval phrase impossible to put back into a normal or satisfactory condition The whole situation was beyond retrieval, so I just left. Thesaurus: in a bad conditionhyponym condition of somethingsynonym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
