Retain
verb
To hold, continue to have or keep.
She has decided to retain her position in the company.
Often appears as...
- retain control
- retain the title
verb
To keep in one's memory.
He has an ability to retain complex information.
Often appears as...
- retain a memory
- retain information
verb
To keep someone in their job or in a particular role.
The coach was retained for another season.
Often appears as...
- retain a position
- retain an employee
verb
To hire an expert or professional, such as a lawyer, by paying a fee.
She retained a lawyer to handle her divorce.
Often appears as...
- retain a lawyer
- retain a consultant
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Formal
verb
To absorb and continue to hold a substance.
Soil can retain water.
Often appears as...
- retain water
- retain heat
verb
To hold, continue to have or keep.
She has decided to retain her position in the company.
Often appears as...
- retain control
- retain the title
verb
To keep in one's memory.
He has an ability to retain complex information.
Often appears as...
- retain a memory
- retain information
verb
To keep someone in their job or in a particular role.
The coach was retained for another season.
Often appears as...
- retain a position
- retain an employee
verb
To hire an expert or professional, such as a lawyer, by paying a fee.
She retained a lawyer to handle her divorce.
Often appears as...
- retain a lawyer
- retain a consultant
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To absorb and continue to hold a substance.
Soil can retain water.
Often appears as...
- retain water
- retain heat
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/3Duration Emphasis
Emphasizes the ongoing status or possession of something.
Despite the company's struggles, they retained their loyal customers.
Pro Tip 2/3Active Decision
Suggests a conscious choice to not let go or change something.
We must retain our cultural traditions amidst globalization.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Connotation
Often carries a positive sense, as it implies success in holding onto something valuable.
Her ability to retain her composure under pressure is admirable.
Pro Tip 1/3Duration Emphasis
Emphasizes the ongoing status or possession of something.
Despite the company's struggles, they retained their loyal customers.
Pro Tip 2/3Active Decision
Suggests a conscious choice to not let go or change something.
We must retain our cultural traditions amidst globalization.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Connotation
Often carries a positive sense, as it implies success in holding onto something valuable.
Her ability to retain her composure under pressure is admirable.
Pro Tip 1/3Duration Emphasis
Emphasizes the ongoing status or possession of something.
Despite the company's struggles, they retained their loyal customers.
Pro Tip 2/3Active Decision
Suggests a conscious choice to not let go or change something.
We must retain our cultural traditions amidst globalization.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Connotation
Often carries a positive sense, as it implies success in holding onto something valuable.
Her ability to retain her composure under pressure is admirable.
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Seven Superpowered...
their body helping them zip right through it this last adaptation is something that we humans have in common with them they are to an extent warm-blooded the structure of their blood vessels helps them retain heat more than most sharks why is this important think about it like this if you've ever been outside in the cold rain or the snow and you try to wiggle your fingers they're not going
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The benefits of a good...
So hopefully you can see now that skimping on sleep not only harms your long-term health, but actually makes it less likely that you'll retain all that knowledge and practice from the previous night, all of which just goes to affirm the wisdom of the phrase, "Sleep on it." When you think about all the internal restructuring
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How memories form and...
Stress chemicals help mobilize energy and increase alertness. However, with chronic stress our bodies become flooded with these chemicals, resulting in a loss of brain cells and an inability to form new ones, which affects our ability to retain new information. Depression is another culprit.
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Embrace: Low-cost,...
and mothers was that it was the mothers who perform best in our training assessments it was the mothers who were uneducated and illiterate who paid the most attention who retained the most information with a technology designed with this intent the embrace and warmers
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Why do we hiccup? - John...
That's supported by evidence which suggests that the neural patterning involved in generating a hiccup is almost identical to that responsible for respiration in amphibians. Another group of scientists believe that the reflex is retained in us today
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Neanderthals 101 PIPE...
and females five feet, one inch tall, and they were stocky with broad chests, bulky torsos, and muscular limbs. These adaptations helped neanderthals generate and retain body heat. Also, their noses were large
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Wendy Suzuki: The...
You have two temporal lobes in your brain, the right and the left, and deep in the temporal lobe is a key structure critical for your ability to form and retain new long-term memories for facts and events.
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Why is Vermeer's "Girl...
that we observe from afar in many of Vermeer's paintings. A girl reading a letter. A piano lesson. A portrait artist at work. These paintings give us a sense of intimacy while retaining their distance,
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How computer memory...
In many ways, our memories make us who we are, helping us remember our past, learn and retain skills, and plan for the future. And for the computers that often act as extensions of ourselves,
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Why the metric system...
other nations followed, with colonial empires spreading the system around the world. As France's main rival, Britain had resisted revolutionary ideas and retained its traditional units.
Video examples
Seven Superpowered...
their body helping them zip right through it this last adaptation is something that we humans have in common with them they are to an extent warm-blooded the structure of their blood vessels helps them retain heat more than most sharks why is this important think about it like this if you've ever been outside in the cold rain or the snow and you try to wiggle your fingers they're not going
Video examples
The benefits of a good...
So hopefully you can see now that skimping on sleep not only harms your long-term health, but actually makes it less likely that you'll retain all that knowledge and practice from the previous night, all of which just goes to affirm the wisdom of the phrase, "Sleep on it." When you think about all the internal restructuring
Video examples
How memories form and...
Stress chemicals help mobilize energy and increase alertness. However, with chronic stress our bodies become flooded with these chemicals, resulting in a loss of brain cells and an inability to form new ones, which affects our ability to retain new information. Depression is another culprit.
Video examples
Embrace: Low-cost,...
and mothers was that it was the mothers who perform best in our training assessments it was the mothers who were uneducated and illiterate who paid the most attention who retained the most information with a technology designed with this intent the embrace and warmers
Video examples
Why do we hiccup? - John...
That's supported by evidence which suggests that the neural patterning involved in generating a hiccup is almost identical to that responsible for respiration in amphibians. Another group of scientists believe that the reflex is retained in us today
Video examples
Neanderthals 101 PIPE...
and females five feet, one inch tall, and they were stocky with broad chests, bulky torsos, and muscular limbs. These adaptations helped neanderthals generate and retain body heat. Also, their noses were large
Video examples
Wendy Suzuki: The...
You have two temporal lobes in your brain, the right and the left, and deep in the temporal lobe is a key structure critical for your ability to form and retain new long-term memories for facts and events.
Video examples
Why is Vermeer's "Girl...
that we observe from afar in many of Vermeer's paintings. A girl reading a letter. A piano lesson. A portrait artist at work. These paintings give us a sense of intimacy while retaining their distance,
Video examples
How computer memory...
In many ways, our memories make us who we are, helping us remember our past, learn and retain skills, and plan for the future. And for the computers that often act as extensions of ourselves,
Video examples
Why the metric system...
other nations followed, with colonial empires spreading the system around the world. As France's main rival, Britain had resisted revolutionary ideas and retained its traditional units.
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Horton Foote
American Playwright
I believe very deeply in the human spirit, and I have a sense of awe about it. I look around and ask, 'What makes the difference? What is it?' I've known people the world has thrown everything at - to discourage them, to kill them, to break their spirit. And yet something about them retains a dignity. They face life and they don't ask quarters.
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Helena Christensen
Danish Model
Some designers retain a sense of humour about what they do, but others are deathly serious and have no life outside of it; they're lying awake night after night constructing dresses in their heads.
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Sigmund Freud
Austrian Psychologist
If a man has been his mother's undisputed darling he retains throughout life the triumphant feeling, the confidence in success, which not seldom brings actual success along with it.
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Gina Haspel
American Public Servant
Intelligence services all over the world, in order to retain their competitive edge, have to adapt or they won't survive.
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Gerard Butler
Scottish Actor
To me, it's always good to retain a sense of wonder and never good too big for life, like you've seen it all before.
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Samuel Johnson
English Writer
He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.
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Otto von Bismarck
German Leader
To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making.
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Daniel Craig
English Actor
I've always retained my privacy, but now I protect it even more.
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Paul McGann
English Actor
I admire artists who are ageing and still retaining their edge.
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Francis Quarles
English Poet
Wisdom not only gets, but once got, retains.
Quote examples
Horton Foote
American Playwright
I believe very deeply in the human spirit, and I have a sense of awe about it. I look around and ask, 'What makes the difference? What is it?' I've known people the world has thrown everything at - to discourage them, to kill them, to break their spirit. And yet something about them retains a dignity. They face life and they don't ask quarters.
Quote examples
Helena Christensen
Danish Model
Some designers retain a sense of humour about what they do, but others are deathly serious and have no life outside of it; they're lying awake night after night constructing dresses in their heads.
Quote examples
Sigmund Freud
Austrian Psychologist
If a man has been his mother's undisputed darling he retains throughout life the triumphant feeling, the confidence in success, which not seldom brings actual success along with it.
Quote examples
Gina Haspel
American Public Servant
Intelligence services all over the world, in order to retain their competitive edge, have to adapt or they won't survive.
Quote examples
Gerard Butler
Scottish Actor
To me, it's always good to retain a sense of wonder and never good too big for life, like you've seen it all before.
Quote examples
Samuel Johnson
English Writer
He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.
Quote examples
Otto von Bismarck
German Leader
To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making.
Quote examples
Daniel Craig
English Actor
I've always retained my privacy, but now I protect it even more.
Quote examples
Paul McGann
English Actor
I admire artists who are ageing and still retaining their edge.
Quote examples
Francis Quarles
English Poet
Wisdom not only gets, but once got, retains.
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