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retrieve documents vs retrieve document

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Retrieve documents' is used when referring to multiple documents, while 'retrieve document' is used when referring to a single document.

Last updated: March 26, 2024 • 1006 views

retrieve documents

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to multiple documents.

This phrase is used when you need to get back or access multiple documents from a system, database, or storage location.

Examples:

Please retrieve documents related to the project.
The software allows users to retrieve documents quickly and efficiently.
Our team needs to retrieve documents for the upcoming presentation.

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I have authority from Ross to retrieve the documents.
Conversation Hall, retrieve Mikhail's laptop, and then place another laptop inside the vault containing SVR documents of a low classification level.
Keep a document which presents the information necessary to retrieve and convert the stored data into engineering units.
Notwithstanding (a), the documents, manuals and information specified there may be carried in the retrieve vehicle or retained at the aerodrome or operating site on flights intending to:
The Commission and the Member States shall cooperate to ensure that individual citizens are allowed to complete, and later to retrieve and edit or remove, through the Internet, their European CV and any other Europass document which does not need to be issued by authorised bodies.
Keep a document which presents the information necessary to retrieve and convert the stored data into engineering units.
to complete, and later to retrieve and edit, through the Internet their European CV and any other Europass document which does not need to be issued by authorised bodies,
The system will retrieve information, in real time, from a range of existing databases, allowing rapid search and retrieval of policy documents on the mobile application (see 4.1.2 (e) below).
to complete, and later to retrieve and edit, through the Internet their European CV and any other Europass document which does not need to be issued by authorised bodies,

Alternatives:

access documents
fetch documents
obtain documents
get documents
recover documents

retrieve document

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to a single document.

This phrase is used when you need to get back or access a specific individual document from a system, database, or storage location.

Examples:

Please retrieve the document from the shared drive.
I need to retrieve the document you sent me yesterday.
The system allows users to retrieve the document by entering the file name.

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I have authority from Ross to retrieve the documents.
Conversation Hall, retrieve Mikhail's laptop, and then place another laptop inside the vault containing SVR documents of a low classification level.
Keep a document which presents the information necessary to retrieve and convert the stored data into engineering units.
Notwithstanding (a), the documents, manuals and information specified there may be carried in the retrieve vehicle or retained at the aerodrome or operating site on flights intending to:
The Commission and the Member States shall cooperate to ensure that individual citizens are allowed to complete, and later to retrieve and edit or remove, through the Internet, their European CV and any other Europass document which does not need to be issued by authorised bodies.
Keep a document which presents the information necessary to retrieve and convert the stored data into engineering units.
to complete, and later to retrieve and edit, through the Internet their European CV and any other Europass document which does not need to be issued by authorised bodies,
The system will retrieve information, in real time, from a range of existing databases, allowing rapid search and retrieval of policy documents on the mobile application (see 4.1.2 (e) below).
to complete, and later to retrieve and edit, through the Internet their European CV and any other Europass document which does not need to be issued by authorised bodies,

Alternatives:

access document
fetch document
obtain document
get document
recover document

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