refetch

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verb

To fetch again.

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Meanings

verbrefetch (third-person singular simple present refetches, present participle refetching, simple past and past participle refetched)

present singular third person refetches · participle present refetching · participle past refetched · past refetched

  1. transitiveTo fetch again.
    1. transitivecomputingTo retrieve data previously stored in memory.

Origin

From re- + fetch.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

fetcherFrechet
Cite this entry
APA

refetch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/refetch

MLA

“refetch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/refetch. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “refetch,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/refetch.

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