English pronunciation · Words Starting with R
Retrieve Pronunciation
Retrieve is pronounced ri-TREEV, IPA /riˈtriv/.
ri-TREEV
US /riˈtriv/ · UK /rɪˈtriːv/
Syllables: ri · TREEV (2 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
verb: To get something back, or to go and fetch it.
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Retrieve in a Sentence
- The dog retrieves anything you throw.
- She retrieved her bag from the cloakroom.
- We could not retrieve the deleted file.
Common Mispronunciations of Retrieve
Not re-tree-EV
Two beats. The ie is a single long ee and the v closes the word straight after it.
Not RE-treev
TREEV carries the whole word, and retriever merely hangs an unstressed ending on the back.
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