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retrieval

nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026

The process of getting something back from somewhere.

polysemousNERC CIP-011-2 (Information Protection) v2

Senses

Wordset Dictionary

the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost)

Wordset Dictionary

the cognitive operation of accessing information in memory

Wordset Dictionary

(computer science) the operation of accessing information from the computer's memory

Classifications

Entity Type

Process0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
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Sensitivity

50%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
recovery
alternatephrasing
Retrieval
plural
retrievals
possessive
retrieval's
pluralpossessive
retrievals'