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retain
Overview of verb retain
The verb retain has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (3) retain -- (hold within; "This soil retains water"; "I retain this drug for a long time")
2. (2) retain, continue, keep, keep on, keep going -- (allow to remain in a place or position; "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")
3. (1) retain, hold, keep back, hold back -- (secure and keep for possible future use or application; "The landlord retained the security deposit"; "I reserve the right to disagree")
4. retain -- (keep in one's mind; "I cannot retain so much information")
Grep of noun retain
retained object
retainer
retaining wall
Antonyms of verb retain
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb retain
4 senses of retain
Sense 1
retain
=> hold, bear, carry, contain
=> include
Sense 2
retain, continue, keep, keep on, keep going
=> prolong, sustain, keep up
=> continue, uphold, carry on, bear on, preserve
=> keep, maintain, hold
Sense 3
retain, hold, keep back, hold back
=> keep, hold on
=> have, have got, hold
Sense 4
retain
=> remember, think of
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb retain
1 of 4 senses of retain
Sense 3
retain, hold, keep back, hold back
=> hold down
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb retain
4 senses of retain
Sense 1
retain
=> hold, bear, carry, contain
Sense 2
retain, continue, keep, keep on, keep going
=> prolong, sustain, keep up
Sense 3
retain, hold, keep back, hold back
=> keep, hold on
Sense 4
retain
=> remember, think of
'Cause To' of verb retain
Derived Forms of verb retain
3 of 4 senses of retain
Sense 1
retain
RELATED TO>(adj) retentive#1
=> retentive, recollective, long, tenacious
Sense 3
retain, hold, keep back, hold back
RELATED TO>(noun) retention#1
=> retention, keeping, holding
Sense 4
retain
RELATED TO>(adj) retentive#1
=> retentive, recollective, long, tenacious
RELATED TO>(noun) retention#2
=> memory, retention, retentiveness, retentivity
Domain of verb retain
Domain Terms of verb retain
Familiarity of verb retain
retain used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Sample Sentences of verb retain
4 senses of retain
Sense 1
retain
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
retain, continue, keep, keep on, keep going
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
Sense 3
retain, hold, keep back, hold back
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
retain
EX: They won't retain the story
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb retain
4 senses of retain
Sense 1
retain
> hold, bear, carry, contain
=> retain
=> surround, environ, encircle, circle, round, ring
=> enclose, hold in, confine
Sense 2
retain, continue, keep, keep on, keep going
> prolong, sustain, keep up
=> retain, continue, keep, keep on, keep going
Sense 3
retain, hold, keep back, hold back
> keep, hold on
=> carry over, hold over
=> deny, refuse
=> withhold, deduct, recoup
=> save, preserve
=> store, hive away, lay in, put in, salt away, stack away, stash away
=> store
=> retain, hold, keep back, hold back
=> harbor, harbour
Sense 4
retain
> remember, think of
=> mind, bear in mind
=> retain
=> keep note
=> qualify, characterize, characterise
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb retain
Sense 1
retain
=> hold, bear, carry, contain
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Sense 2
retain, continue, keep, keep on, keep going
=> prolong, sustain, keep up
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Sense 3
retain, hold, keep back, hold back
=> keep, hold on
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Sense 4
retain
=> remember, think of
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Grep of verb retain
retain
Grep of adj retain
retained
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