retained
Meaning
simple past and past participle of retain
Concepts
retained
kept
maintained
reserved
preserved
remain
sustained
not gone off
present
contingent
expansible
extra
extraordinary
special
stretchable
left
endure
last
kept up
held
stored
be
persist
stay
prepared
Frequency
Hyphenated as
re‧tained
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɹɪˈteɪnd/
New
retain
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- Often followed by from: to hold back (someone or something); to check, to prevent, to restrain, to stop.
- Often followed by from: to hold back (someone or something); to check, to prevent, to restrain, to stop.
- Of a thing: to hold or keep (something) inside it; to contain.
- Of a thing: to hold or keep (something) inside it; to contain.
- To hold (something) secure; to prevent (something) from becoming detached or separated.
- To keep (something) in control or possession; to continue having (something); to keep back.
- To keep (something) in control or possession; to continue having (something); to keep back.
- To keep (something) in place or use, instead of removing or abolishing it; to preserve.
- To engage or hire (someone), especially temporarily.
- To engage or hire (someone), especially temporarily.
- To keep (someone) in one's pay or service; also, (chiefly historical) to maintain (someone) as a dependent or follower.
- To control or restrain (oneself); to exercise self-control over (oneself).
- To keep (someone) in custody; to prevent (someone) from leaving.
- To declare (a sin) not forgiven.
- To keep in control or possession; to continue having.
- To have the ability to keep something in the mind; to use the memory.
- Of a body or body organ: to hold back tissue or a substance.
- (obsolete) To refrain from doing something.
- (obsolete) To be a dependent or follower to someone.
- (obsolete) To continue, to remain.
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