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retain English

Meaning retain meaning

What does retain mean?
Definitions in simple English

retain Verb

— If you retain something, you keep it. After the election, the government retained control of the lower house, but lost the upper house. The company retains the right to change the price at any time. They joined the group but still managed to retain their independence at the same time. — If you retain someone (usually a professional), you pay them to do a job. Since being charged by police, Black has retained a lawyer. With better wages abroad it is becoming increasingly difficult to retain employees.

retain

— verb (= continue, keep) allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature We cannot continue several servants any longer She retains a lawyer The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on We kept the work going as long as we could She retained her composure this garment retains its shape even after many washings — verb hold back within This soil retains water I retain this drug for a long time the dam retains the water — verb secure and keep for possible future use or application The landlord retained the security deposit I reserve the right to disagree — verb keep in one's mind I cannot retain so much information

Synonyms retain synonyms

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retain English » English

keep preserve hold maintain save reserve hold back detain withhold restrain remember keep up keep back suppress repress continue brake sustain study stifle stem squelch recollect oppress lock up learn keep on keep in mind inhibit hire have curb control conserve check bridle block bear in mind arrest with wear well wear uphold treat think tend take place support store stop up

Topics retain topics

What do people use retain to talk about?
Physical actions Have, be with

Keep something
States Time

Continue, persevere
States Quality Good Decay

Preserve

Conjugation retain conjugation

How do you conjugate retain?

retain · verb

Examples retain examples

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Simple sentences

If you use a computer, you can retain information.
His presidency effectively ended today. Of course he will retain the office but not the powers, because he demonstrated today that he has none.
We had to retain a lawyer.

Movie subtitles

Professor, whom have you decided to retain for your defense?
How long will you retain your abbey if Richard survives to find out.. what you've been up to these years he's been away?
Drink the bar dry, but you still retain your seat.
Needless to retain longer, Chadwick.
Some people retain a medieval attitude of mind with regard to these matters.
With these men alone you will be able to retain power, break the boyars.
Suppose, like a film, it could retain the images that glide so secretly through your brain.
Wouldn't you like to retain your youth?
I hope you retain your sense of humor when there's a rope around yours.
You may retain your sword, captain.
I hope we can retain that extra fuel to keep us flying over Zyra, while we look for landing room.
No, we don't let him go without real cause, a binge, or if he can't retain lines.
And though your union with Edwin was fruitless. feel confident that you retain the respect of us all.
Would I retain your friendship if I became an informer?
Anything I retain now is velvet.
I think I'll retain his services.
It's too bad Dearden that I can't retain you as my counsel.
How long will you retain your abbey if Richard survives to find out what you've been up to these years he's been away?
Oh, Grant, may I retain you to represent me?
Retain her favors and all that go with it?
This aging debutante, Mr. Jefferson I retain in my employ only because she is the sole support of her two-headed brother.
My husband likes for me to use this service. just to retain the memory of the good old days.
They retain all the bones you find in the primeval land animals.
Medicine believes that tears are the precious nectar of a human body, which it's more healthful to retain than shed.
Men who can retain consciousness.
It's only natural that she might forget to retain such a receipt.
In that case, perhaps I might be permitted to retain my umbrella?
You will retain Me to the force?
You are going to Me to retain much?
You're very interesting because you retain your mystery.
Retain the position, if you please.
Would I retain your friendship if I became an informer? Telling the names of criminals is not informing.
You will retain the rank and title of Roman senator.
A bulwark and a pillar the West may yet wish to retain.
The pumping plant I must retain.
If you retain it, there will be no water.
Are you so sure this girl will retain everything you've hammered into her?

News and current affairs

With a prize system, innovators are rewarded for new knowledge, but they do not retain a monopoly on its use.
Let's hope that when the last whistle blows at the final in Berlin on July 9, we Germans retain as much of this positive spirit as possible.
But there is still reason to believe that, at least in the first half of this century, the US will retain its primacy in power resources and continue to play the central role in the global balance of power.
In particular, the US is underinvesting in three major areas that help countries to create and retain high-wage jobs: skills and training, infrastructure, and research and development.
In the end, policymakers must remember that whether or not the US and Europe avoid a lost decade depends on their ability to retain productive vitality in their economies, not simply on short-term demand-stimulation measures.
Navigating it will require Italy to retain its credibility with other European Union member states and international investors.
They would have a permanent right to live in Israel and would retain the benefits to which they are currently entitled as Israeli citizens, but they would now vote as citizens of Palestine.
Within the framework of these rules, individual countries would retain the authority to design their policies.
Republicans are expected to retain control of the House and regain a majority in the Senate.
If, however, Democrats retain control of the Senate, this will be far more difficult to accomplish.
The EU's member states retain power over the most sensitive political issues, including taxes, health, education, pensions, the labor market, and foreign policy.
Given this history, Iran has a strong incentive to retain at least a nuclear-breakout option (which would mean completing all but the final steps to weaponization).
It would retain its status alongside the United States' on the world stage, its territorial integrity would be unquestioned, and it would be left to manage its domestic affairs without outside interference or criticism.
Since it is increasingly difficult to recruit and retain soldiers, to do so will probably require raising their wages and improving their quality of life.
The key to success will be America's ability to retain the best - and abandon the worst - of that most American of notions: exceptionalism.
Such an overall cap would allow each taxpayer to retain all of his existing deductions and exclusions but would limit the amount by which he could reduce his tax liability in this way.
Countries that want to retain power in a changing global order must learn to share it, which requires accepting and embracing the contours of a new world.
To mitigate such risks, the international community could maintain its traditional policy of sitting tight and hoping that governments retain control of their nuclear infrastructure.
But we tend to retain into adulthood the same views of God that we formed in childhood.
An old man with a long beard watches over us, and most of us retain a pretty literal opinion of the stories about his Son told in the Bible's New Testament.
The China factor also helps the US to retain existing allies and attract new ones, thereby enlarging its strategic footprint in Asia.
The oil that the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf have in abundance also works against democracy, for it creates an incentive for the rulers to retain power indefinitely.

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