retain
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Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)Often followed by from: to hold back (someone or something); to check, to prevent, to restrain, to stop.
- 2.
(transitive)Of a thing: to hold or keep (something) inside it; to contain.
- 3.
(transitive)To hold (something) secure; to prevent (something) from becoming detached or separated.
- 4.
(transitive)To keep (something) in control or possession; to continue having (something); to keep back.
- 5.
(transitive)To keep (something) in place or use, instead of removing or abolishing it; to preserve.
- 6.
(transitive)To engage or hire (someone), especially temporarily.
- 7.
(transitive)To keep (someone) in one's pay or service; also, (chiefly historical) to maintain (someone) as a dependent or follower.
- 8.
(reflexive, transitive)To control or restrain (oneself); to exercise self-control over (oneself).
- 9.
(archaic, transitive)To keep (someone) in custody; to prevent (someone) from leaving.
- 10.
(transitive)To declare (a sin) not forgiven.
- 11.
(intransitive)To keep in control or possession; to continue having.
- 12.
(intransitive)To have the ability to keep something in the mind; to use the memory.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(obsolete)An act of holding or keeping something; a possession, a retention.
Đồng nghĩa: retainal, retaining, retainment
- 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)).