retrieves
Sayri-TREEVZ/ɹɪˈtɹivz/
- 1Third-person singular present of retrieve.
The software retrieves customer records from the central database.
A well-trained spaniel retrieves downed birds without damaging them.
Note
The form a singular subject calls for in the present: he, she, it, or a single noun such as the software or the dog. All other present-tense subjects take bare retrieve. Every meaning it carries expects a direct object: getting something back, rescuing an animal, salvaging, setting a mistake right, recalling a memory, fetching a file. Its natural shape is therefore someone retrieves something.
retrieves is a form of retrieve
retrieve, verb: To regain or get back something that was lost or taken away. Full entry
- Forms
- retrieveretrieves he/she/itretrieving -ing formretrieved past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- retrieve → retrieves: add -s
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