Retrieve and See

Retrieve

Retrieve verb - To get again in one's possession.

See and retrieve are semantically related. In some cases you can use "See" instead a verb "Retrieve".

See

See verb - To make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes.

Retrieve and see are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Retrieve" instead a verb "See".

Nearby Words: seen, seeing

Common collocations

body retrieve body see body
time retrieve time see time
way retrieve way see way

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / Overboard Her husband, although he comes to see her, does not retrieve her, instead taking the yacht for an extended party with younger women.
  • Film / Savior Later, we see Guy snipe several Bosnian troops who venture out to retrieve their fallen comrades.
    Source: Film / Savior
  • Enemy Rising Behind In Alien³ we see the xenomorph creeping from the top of a vertical passage when one of the prisoners is trying to retrieve a flare from the bottom.
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See and Retrieve. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/retrieve/see
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