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retrieval

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noun

the act of retrieving.

the chance of recovery or restoration: lost beyond retrieval.

Origin:
1635–45; retrieve + -al²

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Retrieval is always a great word to know.

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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

a fool or simpleton; ninny.

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World English Dictionary

retrieval (rɪˈtriːv^əl)

—n
1.	the act or process of retrieving
2.	the possibility of recovery, restoration, or rectification (esp in the phrase beyond retrieval)
3.	a computer filing operation that recalls records or other data from a file

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Medical Dictionary

retrieval re·triev·al (rĭ-trē'vəl)
n.
The third stage in the memory process, after encoding and storage, involving mental processes associated with bringing stored information back into consciousness.

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