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retrieval

[ ri-tree-vuhl ]

noun

  1. the act of retrieving.
  2. the chance of recovery or restoration:

    Sadly, many aboriginal languages have been lost beyond retrieval.

  3. Psychology. the act or process of accessing information previously encoded and stored in memory: Compare recall ( def 9 ), recognition ( def 9 ).

    The article explores the use of picture matching tasks to assist in word retrieval in aphasic patients.



retrieval

/ rɪˈtriːvəl /

noun

  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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Word History and Origins

Origin of retrieval1

First recorded in 1635–45; retrieve + -al 2

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Example Sentences

That pattern of increasingly probable memory retrieval tracks with observations of children.

Assuming you do successfully manage to recall Jim’s name, that act of retrieval can clear away those competing associations and grant long-lasting access to that memory.

First stage ranking improvements with DeepCTDai’s work with DeepCT focuses on the first stage of retrieval, whilst also aiding downstream re-ranking stages significantly.

Thus, document retrieval with neural models today already uses multi-stage ranking, albeit an impoverished form with only a single re-ranking stage.

Overall, retrieval helped students with ADHD and those without the disorder equally well.

Many IVF clinics partner with acupuncturists so they can perform the procedure on patients immediately before their egg retrieval.

It involves both retrieval and temporal integration of diverse experiences.

It's simply the case of a man who has made a fool of himself and sees no help of retrieval in himself.

The touch is the retrieval, so far as it goes, setting up as it does heaven knows what undefeated continuity.

In Æschylus, when once "destiny" is about, all retrieval grows absurd.

He is the best who wins the most splendid victories by the retrieval of mistakes.

Now it was gone—gone, in all probability, beyond retrieval, and that alone would have been enough for an average grief.

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