retain

verb · nounA2

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verb
V_es/s
retains
V_ing/Gerund
retaining
V_ed/pp
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  1. 1.

    (transitive)Often followed by from: to hold back (someone or something); to check, to prevent, to restrain, to stop.

  2. 2.

    (transitive)Of a thing: to hold or keep (something) inside it; to contain.

  3. 3.

    (transitive)To hold (something) secure; to prevent (something) from becoming detached or separated.

  4. 4.

    (transitive)To keep (something) in control or possession; to continue having (something); to keep back.

  5. 5.

    (transitive)To keep (something) in place or use, instead of removing or abolishing it; to preserve.

  6. 6.

    (transitive)To engage or hire (someone), especially temporarily.

  7. 7.

    (transitive)To keep (someone) in one's pay or service; also, (chiefly historical) to maintain (someone) as a dependent or follower.

  8. 8.

    (reflexive, transitive)To control or restrain (oneself); to exercise self-control over (oneself).

  9. 9.

    (archaic, transitive)To keep (someone) in custody; to prevent (someone) from leaving.

  10. 10.

    (transitive)To declare (a sin) not forgiven.

  11. 11.

    (intransitive)To keep in control or possession; to continue having.

  12. 12.

    (intransitive)To have the ability to keep something in the mind; to use the memory.

Danh từ

noun
Plural noun:
retains
  1. 1.

    (obsolete)An act of holding or keeping something; a possession, a retention.

    Đồng nghĩa: retainal, retaining, retainment

  2. 2.

    (obsolete)Synonym of retinue (“a group of attendants or servants, especially of someone considered important”).

    Đồng nghĩa: retinue

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ine-pro From Late Middle English reteinen, retein, from reteiner, retenir, Middle French retenir, and Old French retenir (modern retenir), from *retinīre, from Latin retinēre, the present active infinitive of retineō (compare retineō), from re- + teneō (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (to extend, stretch)).

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