document retrieval

noun

The matching of a user query against a set of free-text records, including unstructured text, such as newspaper articles, real-estate records or paragraphs in a manual.

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text retrieval
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Meanings

noundocument retrieval (countable and uncountable, plural document retrievals)

plural document retrievals

  1. countableuncountablecomputingThe matching of a user query against a set of free-text records, including unstructured text, such as newspaper articles, real-estate records or paragraphs in a manual.

    Synonyms: text retrieval

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe matching of a user query against a set of free-text records, including unstructured text, such as newspaper articles, real-estate records or paragraphs in a manual.

Similar
text retrieval
Also see
text retrieval
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APA

document retrieval. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/document%20retrieval

MLA

“document retrieval.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/document%20retrieval. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “document retrieval,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/document%20retrieval.

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