Definitions for retrieval

retrieval re·triev·al

Spelling: [ri-tree-vuh l]
IPA: /rɪˈtri vəl/

Retrieval is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 333 anagrams from letters in retrieval (aeeilrrtv).

Definitions for retrieval

noun

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

Origin of retrieval

First recorded in 1635-45; retrieve + -al2

Examples for retrieval

So she sat down instead of standing up in a vain effort at retrieval.

It was just the moment for the Church party to attempt a retrieval of their lost power.

The abolition of slavery, and the retrieval of specie in this colony, are the subjects on which I would bespeak their attention.

But what retrieval of lost comeliness could be effected in a day or two?

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.

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

retrieval is part of the practice of knowledge and defines a horizon for human interaction.

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

For the victory in question, from whatever point of view we may look at it, was not the avoidance of defeat, but its retrieval.

Word Value for retrieval
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

Similar words for retrieval
Word of the day