retrieve
To go and get something back.
retrieve in a sentence
- Bella threw the stick again, and the spaniel raced off to retrieve it.
- A diver went down to retrieve the ring that had slipped off Mum's finger into the pool.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to retrieve?
- Adrop
- Blose
- Cfetch
- Dleave
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C: fetch. The other three mean the opposite of retrieve.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to retrieve?
- Alose
- Bfetch
- Crecover
- Dcollect
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A: lose. The other three mean nearly the same as retrieve.
Words that mean something similar
fetch, recover, collect
Words that mean the opposite
lose, drop, leave
More words about movement & action
- revolt: To rise up and fight against the people in charge.
- rigid: Stiff and impossible to bend, or very strict.
- roam: To wander around freely with no fixed plan.
- ruffle: To make something messy or to upset someone slightly.
- rummage: To search for something by moving things around in a messy way.
- rupture: To burst or break apart suddenly.
- salvage: To save something useful from a wreck or disaster.
- saunter: To walk in a slow and relaxed way with no hurry at all.
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Sitting the 11+ in Kent, Medway or Buckinghamshire?
Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test