retrieval

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun (computer science) the operation of accessing information from the computer's memory
noun the cognitive operation of accessing information in memory
noun the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost)

Am I to lose all, without a chance of retrieval? — Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë
For the fragment of a life, however typical, is not the sample of an even web: promises may not be kept, and an ardent outset may be followed by declension; latent powers may find their long-waited opportunity; a past error may urge a grand retrieval. — Middlemarch, George Eliot
This young gentleman was of an excellent, indeed of an illustrious family, but, by a variety of untoward events, had been reduced to such poverty that the energy of his character succumbed beneath it, and he ceased to bestir himself in the world, or to care for the retrieval of his fortunes. — The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition: Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes, Edgar Allan Poe

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