retain

Speech parts

1. retain - Noun

2. retain - Verb

Meaning

To continue to hold; to keep in possession; not to lose, part with, or dismiss; to retrain from departure, escape, or the like.

To keep in pay; to employ by a preliminary fee paid; to hire; to engage; as, to retain a counselor.

To restrain; to prevent.

To belong; to pertain.

To keep; to continue; to remain.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

hold keep continue keep back remain reserve maintain store save preserve remember sustain withhold recollect cling to
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Antonyms

chuck slough lagan sac sling can
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Hypernyms

keep bear contain hold carry remember

Hyponyms

hold down

Phrases with the word

to retain retain possession of retain in one's possession retain control retain feces fail to retain

Derivatives

retained retaining

Anagrams

nerita retina tanier atrine Reitan riante ratine

Examples

While the people retain their virtue, and vigilance, no administration, by any extreme of wickedness or folly, can very seriously injure the government, in the short space of four years. Abraham Lincoln

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. F. Scott Fitzgerald

I remember I used to half believe and wholly play with fairies when I was a child. What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood, tempered and balanced by knowledge and common-sense... Beatrix Potter

The steed does not retain its speed forever. Irish Proverb

Youth sheds many a skin. The steed does not retain its speed forever. Irish Proverb

Better than the ignorant are those who read books; better still are those who retain what they read; even better are those who understand it; the best of all are those who go to work. Hindi Proverb

Close letter words and terms

retailment retailor retailtainment retain and explain retain composure retain control