retrieval

Other forms of retrieval

plural

retrievals·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about retrieval

What does retrieval mean?

retrieval means "(computer science) the operation of accessing information from the computer's memory". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in retrieval?

retrieval has 3 syllables: re-trie-val. The stress falls on "trie". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈtɹivəl/.

What is another word for retrieval?

Close synonyms include recovery. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is retrieval a common word?

retrieval is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.