retaining

Speech parts

1. retaining - Noun

2. retaining - Adjective

3. retaining - Verb

Meaning

of Retain

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

remain keep continue hold maintain contract store holding keeping continuing employment maintenance retain preserve employ

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Antonyms

according giving passing spending sharing paying

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Phrases with the word

construction of retaining walls retaining wire retaining band retaining fee retaining basin air retaining

Examples

Housework is a breeze. Cooking is a pleasant diversion. Putting up a retaining wall is a lark. But teaching is like climbing a mountain. Fawn M. Brodie

Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another - too often ending in the loss of both. Tryon Edwards

Love is union with somebody, or something, outside oneself, under the condition of retaining the separateness and integrity of one's own self. Erich Fromm

It is now technically feasible to reproduce without the aid of males (or, for that matter, females) and to produce only females. We must begin immediately to do so. Retaining the male has not even the dubious purpose of reproduction. Valerie Solanas

Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones. Ambrose Bierce

My biggest problem is retaining the exact information. David Cross

Close letter words and terms

retainer segment retainerless retainership retaining band retaining basin retaining fee