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{
"term": "retain",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "retain",
"heSheIt": "retains"
},
"pastSimple": "retained",
"pastParticiple": "retained",
"ingForm": "retaining"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to keep something; to continue to have something",
"sensetop": "retain something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "to retain your independence"
},
{
"text": "He struggled to **retain control** of the situation."
},
{
"text": "The house retains much of its original charm."
},
{
"text": "She **retained her** tennis **title** for the third year."
},
{
"text": "He has successfully retained his position as national president of the society."
},
{
"text": "He was allowed to retain his parliamentary seat."
},
{
"text": "Her new music largely retains the distinctiveness of the old."
},
{
"text": "The president retained her as his chief adviser."
},
{
"text": "Please retain your ticket stub during the event."
},
{
"text": "Residents of the home are able to retain their independence."
},
{
"text": "To retain talent, companies must give employees the opportunity to develop."
}
],
"synonyms": "preserve",
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["nonetheless", "still", "yet"],
"verb + retain": ["be eager to", "be keen to", "hope to"],
"preposition": ["as"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to continue to hold or contain something",
"sensetop": "retain something",
"labels": "(figurative)",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "These plants will need a soil that retains moisture during the summer months."
},
{
"text": "This information is no longer retained within the computer's main memory."
},
{
"text": "She has a good memory and finds it easy to retain facts."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "if a member of the public retains somebody such as a lawyer, they pay money regularly or in advance so the lawyer, etc. will do work for them",
"sensetop": "retain somebody/something",
"labels": "(law)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "You will be paid a retaining fee."
},
{
"text": "You will need to retain the services of a lawyer."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈteɪn/",
"audio": "re/retain/retain__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈteɪnz/",
"audio": "re/retain/retains__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈteɪnd/",
"audio": "re/retain/retained__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈteɪnɪŋ/",
"audio": "re/retain/retaining__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈteɪn/",
"audio": "re/retain/retain__us_3.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈteɪnz/",
"audio": "re/retain/retains__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈteɪnd/",
"audio": "re/retain/retained__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈteɪnɪŋ/",
"audio": "re/retain/retaining__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: via Anglo-Norman French from Old French retenir, from Latin retinere, from re- ‘back’ + tenere ‘hold’."
}