retrieval

/rɪˈtriːvəl/

Syllables re·triev·al

Stress re-TRIEV-al

Phonics Breakdown

re

/rɪ/

short i

triev

/triːv/

long e

al

/əl/

schwa

Meaning

the act of getting something back or finding stored information

Sound Reference

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re=/rɪ/(reply) + triev=/triːv/(retrieve) + al=/əl/(total)

Example

Data retrieval from the system is very fast.