verb
fetch
fehch
verb
1
To go and get something, then bring it back.
"Can you fetch my glasses from the kitchen?"
"The dog loves to fetch the ball."
2
To sell for, or bring in, a certain price.
"The painting fetched over two million dollars at auction."
noun
1
The act of retrieving something, or a program's act of pulling data.
"The app does a quick fetch of your account balance on login."
How to Use Fetch
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishTo go get something and bring it back.
Memory tip
In computing, "fetch" is the standard word for a program pulling data from somewhere else, like an API.
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Common pairings
fetch data
fetch a high price
go fetch
Word Forms
fetched past tense, fetches plural, fetches plural, fetches singular
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Etymology
From Old English feċċan/fetian, meaning to bring near or get, tracing back to a Germanic root shared with Dutch vatten and German fassen ("to grasp").