| retain | to keep or to hire | en |
| retain | hold within; "This soil retains water"; "I retain this drug for a long time | en |
| retain | hold within; "This soil retains water"; "I retain this drug for a long time" | en |
| retain | If you retain a lawyer, you pay him or her a fee to make sure that he or she will represent you when your case comes before the court. He decided to retain him for the trial | en |
| retain | To keep in one's possession or control Any retained marker must be handed over to the appointed observer at the earliest opportunity (after contest landing) 11 3 | en |
| retain | To employ by paying a retainer | en |
| retain | To keep in possession or use | en |
| retain | To keep in ones pay or service | en |
| retain | To hold secure | en |
| retain | To retain something means to continue to have that thing. The interior of the shop still retains a nineteenth-century atmosphere | en |
| retain | The callback used to retain each key as they are added to the collection This callback returns the value to use as the key in the dictionary, which is usually the value parameter passed to this callback, but may be a different value if a different value should be used as the key If NULL, values are not retained See CFDictionaryRetainCallBack for a descriptions of this functions parameters | en |
| retain | keep in one's mind; "I cannot retain so much information" | en |
| retain | secure and keep for possible future use or application; "The landlord retained the security deposit"; "I reserve the right to disagree" | en |
| retain | keep in possession; keep in practice, continue to use; hold, keep; employ, hire (usually by making an initial payment) fiil | en |
| retain | keep in one's mind; "I cannot retain so much information" secure and keep for possible future use or application; "The landlord retained the security deposit"; "I reserve the right to disagree" 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"; "Wekept the work going as long as we could" hold within; "This soil retains water"; "I retain this drug for a long time | en |
| retain | To belong; to pertain | en |
| retain | 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"; "Wekept the work going as long as we could" | en |
| retain | To keep; to continue; to remain | en |
| retain | To continue to hold; to keep in possession; not to lose, part with, or dismiss; to retrain from departure, escape, or the like | en |
| retain | To restrain; to prevent | en |
| retain | To keep in pay; to employ by a preliminary fee paid; to hire; to engage; as, to retain a counselor | en |
| retained | past of retain | en |
| retained | the retained pattern of dancers and guests remembered | en |
| retained | continued in your keeping or use or memory; "in | en |
| retained | continued in your keeping or use or memory; "in the retained pattern of dancers and guests remembered" | en |
| retaining | present participle of retain | en |
| retaining | Of or pertaining to something that retains something else, as with a retaining wall | en |
| retaining | designed for (usually temporary) retention; "a holding pen"; "a retaining wall" | en |
| retains | third-person singular of retain | en |