to retain

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İngilizce - İngilizce
To keep in possession or use

A strange thing was that Bovary, while continually thinking of Emma, was forgetting her. He grew desperate as he felt this image fading from his memory in spite of all efforts to retain it. Yet every night he dreamt of her; it was always the same dream. He drew near her, but when he was about to clasp her she fell into decay in his arms.

To hold secure
To keep in one's pay or service
To employ by paying a retainer
{v} to keep, hold in custody or memory, deserve, hire, fee, keep in pay, continue
secure and keep for possible future use or application; "The landlord retained the security deposit"; "I reserve the right to disagree"
To keep in pay; to employ by a preliminary fee paid; to hire; to engage; as, to retain a counselor
To retain something means to continue to have that thing. The interior of the shop still retains a nineteenth-century atmosphere
hold within; "This soil retains water"; "I retain this drug for a long time
To keep; to continue; to remain
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
To keep in ones pay or service
To restrain; to prevent
hold within; "This soil retains water"; "I retain this drug for a long time"
to keep or to hire
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"
To belong; to pertain
{f} keep in possession; keep in practice, continue to use; hold, keep; employ, hire (usually by making an initial payment)
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 function’s parameters
keep in one's mind; "I cannot retain so much information"
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
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
To continue to hold; to keep in possession; not to lose, part with, or dismiss; to retrain from departure, escape, or the like
to retain

    Heceleme

    to re·tain

    Türkçe nasıl söylenir

    tı riteyn

    Telaffuz

    /tə rēˈtān/ /tə riːˈteɪn/

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    ... down the road to rein in the deficit and ensure that we still--we retain a level of confidence ...
    ... difficult, you will retain more information. ...