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retained

[ri-teyn]

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verb (used with object)

to keep possession of.

to continue to use, practice, etc.: to retain an old custom.

to continue to hold or have: to retain a prisoner in custody; a cloth that retains its color.

to keep in mind; remember.

to hold in place or position.

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to engage, especially by payment of a preliminary fee: to retain a lawyer.

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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English reteinen < Old French retenir < Latin retinēre to hold back, hold fast, equivalent to re- re- + -tinēre, combining form of tenēre to hold

Related forms

re·tain·a·ble, adjective

re·tain·a·bil·i·ty, re·tain·a·ble·ness, noun

re·tain·ment, noun

non·re·tain·a·ble, adjective

non·re·tain·ment, noun

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un·re·tain·a·ble, adjective

un·re·tained, adjective

un·re·tain·ing, adjective

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Synonyms
1. hold, preserve. See keep.

Antonyms
1. loose, lose. 4. forget.

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Example Sentences

The three-year limit on students' study in nondegree courses will be retained.

Alternatively, the species' living relatives might have retained it.

Some juvenile middle secondaries or tail feathers can be retained into first basic plumage.

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The three-year limit on students' study in nondegree courses will be retained.

Alternatively, the species' living relatives might have retained it.

Some juvenile middle secondaries or tail feathers can be retained into first basic plumage.

The thicker the hair layer, the more heat is retained.

In the end he retained a flicker of hope but not much more.

Some of the existing plants were retained or relocated.

The basic physiology of the brain has been retained over evolutionary time.

Retention is defined asan act of retaining or a state of being retained.

Only gorillas have retained their reputations intact.

Some water is retained in the soil or other growing medium.

In that sense memories may become inaccessible, effectively lost even though they are still retained.

Yet, for all his carefree ways, he almost always retained a sense of obligation as a hero.

Our model retained a distinct aroma of industrial strength soap.

It is carefully inspected to be sure that it is intact and no pieces are retained in the uterus.

He retained the leaseholds, bought others, and collected the ground rent.

We've retained the originally used names and spellings here.

Instead, it is retained by the gaseous water molecules.

Still, the ship retained its hold on the popular imagination.

The dice in your pool are retained and you actually add a bonus die to the pool.

His services were sometimes retained by companies as a defence against those corporate raiders.

But when part of a butte or other landform breaks away, seeds can take root and water is retained in the slumped area.

Most of the carbon retained in trees goes into homes, furniture and other wood products for permanent retention of their carbon.

Yuppers have retained a distinct and wonderful culture all their own.

If cheap loans to students were retained to cover increased fees, these plans would be cripplingly expensive.

His methods retained the scarce rainfall and raised the local water table.

By chance, this parasite had retained the hooks of previous molts.

Afterwards, he was pelted with egg-shells, and retained the odious appellation during the whole year.

He retained that obsessiveness and excitement, never growing out of them.

Babies who received visual training retained the ability.

If the newly evolved function is useful enough, both copies are retained in the genome.

It has always retained an easy flowing, swaying, ballroom format.

It's slated to be refilled when rains return, and retained as a reservoir in a large local irrigation network.

It has also retained the color after several washings.

If specimens are allowed to be killed under the permit, voucher specimens must be retained.

And the foods made from maize have retained to this day.

The credit-rating agency retained its negative outlook for all sectors of higher education for a second consecutive year.

Lossless compression is a type of compression where all the image information is retained but the information is rearranged.

Peters retained the original coffee table and added a couch.

Few residents still retained hope that they'd ever get to move back home.

Mitchell, has told a friend that she plans to leave her husband and has retained a lawyer to advise.

Modern society has both retained traditional rituals and accepted new ones.

The truth as you have retained it in your memory is multi-dimensional with diminishing degrees of significance.

Yet some elusive creatures have retained their monstrous reputation.

Betts retained the old feel to the stories, but at the same time translating them in a way that is accessible to us today.

The bride, a freelance writer, has retained her name.

Most retail banks are hoping that they can get away with rebuilding capital further through retained earnings.

As adults, they also avoided the nail-polish odor-showing that they had retained their larval.

Gmail, and it may require that the complete contents of the user's account be retained for subsequent police inspection".

Her writing reflected an optimism and faith in mankind that she retained for a lifetime.

Jobs will be lost on the origination side for private lenders but jobs will be retained by the servicing side.

As the outside weather got colder and colder, the pool retained its warmth with a pool heater and a pool solar cover.

His specialty was psychiatry, but he retained his interest in art and its relationship to the mind.

They retained substantial autonomy even after the sale.

It would be a demotion if he was retained in some lesser administrative role.

Had it retained power, he would probably have become finance minister, and possibly prime minister.

When the mouse bred with a normal female, his offspring retained the ability to fight off cancer.

Despite the initial fervor, developers retained a healthy amount of skepticism prior to the tablet's debut.

He remained optimistic and retained his sense of humor until his final days.

And although specialist textiles retained an international market, the wool industry was in terminal decline.

The ballot is then retained at the polling place so a mechanical, not digital, recount can be conducted if need.

When it can, the filters the system had used to get there are retained.

Think how much warmer it would be if ice had not melted and absorbed the excess energy retained on the surface of the planet.

They are retained and not ruined by excessive interaction.

BP retained control of accounting policy and the interpretation of data for business decision-making.

The team discovered that the males retained and nurtured a much higher percentage of embryos from larger females.

He synthesized entirely new compounds that retained similar, trippy qualities.

But scientists differ on how she moved and whether she would have retained apelike climbing abilities.

Operating on the principle of thermodynamics, the hay acts as an insulator and the retained heat slowly cooks the food.

The solid state allows for the color information to be frozen and retained for long times without the need for additional power.

Since that time chimaera have remained in isolation and retained their electroreceptive abilities.

However, his attempts to clean up the area were largely unsuccessful and organized crime retained a strong presence.

Like an escapement mechanism for clocks, the springs retained movement but didn't generate it.

The king retained control of internal security, foreign policy and defence.

Those that are involved in correct processing of sensory information or in coordinated motor activity are retained.

McCubbin agrees that there may have been some way for water to be retained in this accepted model of the moon's formation.

True, his ruling coalition retained its existing number of seats in this week's election.

Blackwater, despite everything, somehow has retained its certification.

She retained cognitive abilities, including coherent speech, but what she actually said was rather unpredictable.

Due to its isolation, locals here have retained many of their traditions: costumes, dances and handicrafts.

The offshore consortium has retained legions of lobbyists and public-relations people to make its case.

One of these, the private key, is retained by a single individual.

Still, through all of this, he has retained the major connections and patterns that form his personality.

Pharmacists have retained their monopoly and continue to enjoy fat profit margins.

The central bank retained theoretical responsibility for the stability of the financial sector, but few tools to secure.

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Word Origin & History

retain

late 14c., from O.Fr. retenir, from L. retinere "hold back," from re- "back" + tenere "to hold" (see tenet). Meaning "keep (another) attached to one's person, keep in service" is from mid-15c.; specifically of lawyers from 1540s.

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