How to pronounce retrieve in American English
“retrieve” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to retrieve the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “retrieve” in: all accents · British English (45 clips)
“retrieve” in real sentences — American speakers
452 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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retrieve these documents.
FTC
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retrieve two lost cannon.
National Archives
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and retrieve the payload.
NASA
Words that sound like “retrieve”
Words one sound away from retrieve — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “retrieve”
Why real speech
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