next lower retrieval operation

next Adjective

— The next thing is the one after this one. I saw her again the next day. The advances in technology will be amazing in the next decade or so. When this is completed, the next step will be to edit everything carefully. She plans to leave the company in the next two years. — The next place is the one beside, or on the other side of this one. No, this is number 12, number 14 is the next house. Be quiet, the children are sleeping in the next room.

next Adverb

— After something in order. Next, we have the 6:00 news. — The time after this one. The woman was next seen in the office 4 days later. It was performed next the following year.

next Preposition

— Beside something She stood next to the window.

next Determiner

— Next week, month, year, etc. is the one that follows this one. I'll see you again next week.

lower Verb

— If you lower something, you move it down. The man was lowered into the hole on a rope, so he could save the child.

retrieval

— noun the cognitive operation of accessing information in memory my retrieval of people's names is very poor — noun (computer science) the operation of accessing information from the computer's memory — noun (= recovery) the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost)

operation Noun

— An operation is a medical process, often opening the human body. The doctors performed the operation in three hours. — An operation is an action of a group of people working for a goal (often military). The Army operation was a success. — An operation is part or all of a business. small(often plural)/small The company's East Coast operation was bigger than its West Coast operation. — An operation is a symbol that is used to perform a specific operation (addition, subtraction, multiplication or division) in maths. The plus symbol is used to perform a specific operation in maths which is addition.