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Retain Pronunciation

Pronounce Retain as R EH T AH IY N.

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    Retain phonetic transcription:

    When you start learning English, it's important to become familiar with the typical sounds of the language. The best way to do this is by studying phonetics. Below is the UK transcription for the word 'retain'. Get the right phonetic representation for any word using our free Phonetic Transcription Tool.

    • Traditional IPA representation of retain: /rɛtæɪn/
    • Modern IPA representation of retain: /rɛtæɪn/

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    List of meaning for retain

    to maintain in use or possession

    retain(verb)

    hold back within

    "This soil retains water"; "I retain this drug for a long time"; "the dam retains the water"

    retain, continue, keep, keep on(verb)

    allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature

    "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"; "We kept the work going as long as we could"; "She retained her composure"; "this garment retains its shape even after many washings"

    retain, hold, keep back, hold back(verb)

    secure and keep for possible future use or application

    "The landlord retained the security deposit"; "I reserve the right to disagree"

    retain(verb)

    keep in one's mind

    "I cannot retain so much information"

    to continue to have in one's possession or power

    I plan to retain the family heirlooms until my own children are mature enough to appreciate them, and then I will lovingly pass them on

    to keep, control, or experience as one's own

    that author retains the right to veto any changes in his books suggested by his publisher's notoriously intrusive editor

    to provide with a paying job

    her neighbor retained her as a nanny for the summer, thus giving her something to do until school started again

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    retain in sentence

    1. Paying workers a fair emolument is the best way to retain them.

    2. Since I have poor memory recall, it is hard for me to retain lecture notes.

    3. A hotel cannot be reserved on the company website without a credit card to retain the booking.

    4. People who are tipsy from drinking alcohol usually retain some decent control over themselves, but they will still act quite strange compared to their normal personality.

    5. Because my sister is a shopping addict, she finds it hard to retain money.

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    Quotes and sayings containing the term retain

    County clerks and their employees retain religious freedoms that may allow accommodation of their religious objections to issuing same-sex marriage licenses.

    – Ken Paxton

    For no one, in our long decline,So dusty, spiteful and divided,Had quite such pleasant friends as mine,Or loved them half as much as I did. [stanza 3]The library was most inviting:The books upon the crowded shelvesWere mainly of our private writing:We kept a school and taught ourselves. [stanza 15]From quiet homes and first beginning,Out to the undiscovered ends,Theres nothing worth the wear of winning,But laughter and the love of friends. [stanza 22]You do retain the song we set,And how it rises, trips and scans?You keep the sacred memory yet,Republicans? Republicans?[stanza 36]

    – Hilaire Belloc

    The decision becomes do you hold your nose and sell, or do you retain the asset.

    – Jon Marinelli

    A Tier 1 ranking doesn't mean we have no human trafficking problem, next year, we also need to demonstrate measurable progress to retain this ranking.

    – Maria Cecilia Flores-Oebanda

    We’re confident that come November, Republicans will retain the Senate majority, after years of gridlock under Harry Reid, Republicans have flipped the script and will be rewarded by voters who want to see our economy continue to grow, red tape rolled back and our freedoms protected at home and abroad.

    – Alleigh Marre

    The great philosophers of the ancient Greece classical period noted freedom and democracy are never lost in a single moment; instead, it disappears over time in small increments like losing pieces to a puzzle one at a time.; Destruction can only be prevented when the people rise in mass and fight to retain each piece.

    – RJ Intindola – (Gandolfo)

    A self-seeker is clever to be aware that the people mostly want SUCCESS & HAPPINESS, so s/he would often speak about these 2 words only to retain them as clients to grow only own BUSINESS.

    – Anuj Somany

    Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?

    – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

    Every married lady wants to be treated like a queen, so she has to often wage a cold war against her mother-in-law and, at times, an open conflict to make a way to gain the crown and retain the highest position; in this pursuit, a woman loves to have no resistance or opposition from any quarter and, therefore, likes only a man who remains as an inactive king in the house. Unsurprisingly in this home battle, all arms and combat training to make her rule and reign supreme are often provided by her mother only.

    – Anuj Somany

    I have sought advice from the IAAF's Ethics Committee to review my interests and was told I could retain my positions in Nike and CSM as long as I do not seek to influence any decisions that could influence them, i'm grateful for that advice but it is clear that perception and reality have become horribly mangled.

    – Sebastian Coe

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