What is the meaning of retrieve?

Get or find back; recover the use of.
- usage: "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly"
- synonyms: recover, find, regain
Go for and bring back.
- usage: "retrieve the car from the parking garage"
Run after, pick up, and bring to the master.
- usage: "train the dog to retrieve"
Recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection.
- usage: "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number"; "Do you remember that he once loved you"; "call up memories"
- synonyms: remember, recall, call back, call up, recollect, think

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