Definition: 1. Hold within. 2. Allow to remain in a place or position. 3. Secure and keep for possible future use or application. 4. Keep in one's mind.
Use 'retain' in a sentence:
1. America has always retained her pioneering spirit.
2. Sear the meat first to retain its juices.
3. Other countries retained their traditional and habitual ways of doing things.
4. The team is bidding to retain its place in the league.
5. Numerous studies have now found that when classroom material is made harder to absorb, pupils retain more of it over the long term, and understand it on a deeper level.
6. Disney will retain a 51 percent controlling interest in the venture.
7. The air force and the navy retain their prohibition of women on air combat missions.
8. Even in the areas that retain a soil cover, the reduction of vegetation typically results in the loss of the soil's ability to absorb substantial quantities of water.
9. She retains her slim figure and is free of wrinkles.
10. She retained her mental faculties until the day she died.
11. This is great for her, and for us as we retain someone highly qualified.
12. He retains a deep respect for the profession.
13. Daily facial exercises help to retain the skin's elasticity.
14. China has pledged to retain Hong Kong's capitalist system for 50 years.
15. The group found that those elderly people who were able to retain a sense of independence were more likely to stay healthy in old age.
16. Recently I attended several meetings where we talked about ways to retain students and keep younger faculty members from going elsewhere.
17. A planet's ability to retain an atmosphere depends on its temperature and mass.
18. Since a small amount of fat is needed in one's diet, you can retain one yolk in any dish you're preparing a couple of times per week.
19. The Labor party has recently announced that it will retain a large part of the coalition's spending plans if it returns to power.
20. Daily facial exercises help her to retain the skin's elasticity.
21. He decided to retain him for the trial.
22. If left covered in a warm place, this rice will retain its heat for a good hour.
23. Less vegetation means the soil can't hold water as well; the soil loses its ability to retain water when it does rain.
24. The most basic reason why dialects should be preserved is that language helps to retain a culture.
25. The champion turned in a superb performance to retain her title.
26. He said he retained immense regard and esteem for the prime minister.
27. Well retain information, that is meant to be read, does not work as well when it is heard.
28. Gold retains its lustre for far longer than other metals.
29. Half a century of town and country planning has enabled it to retain an enviable rural coherence, while still permitting low-density urban living.
30. This season I expect us to retain the championship and win the European Cup.
31. Actually, the seeds don't retain the power to germinate for very long.
32. In the United States Open final, Graf retained overall supremacy.
33. The interior of the shop still retains a nineteenth-century atmosphere.
34. The European states retained a latent capability to menace Britain's own security.
35. He is likely to retain the captaincy.
36. St Lucia is clearly an island on the move; one can only hope that it will retain its unspoilt charm.
37. The leather may need to be oiled every two to three weeks in order to retain its suppleness.
38. She retained a number of copies for further annotation.
39. It is, therefore, important for you to adapt retain texts or outlines for presentations.
40. The government have retained the support which greeted their assumption of power last March.
41. He retains a faith in human goodness.
42. She is determined to retain her Wimbledon crown.
43. Mature butterflies retain the glycosides in a mature monarch butterfly could be used to determine its place of origin.
44. She retained her tennis title for the third year.
45. Retain copies of all correspondence, since you may need them at a later date.
46. Native people were allowed to retain some sense of their traditional culture and religion.
47. I retain some taste for fine scenery, but it does not cause me the exquisite delight which it formerly did.
48. Although most of their scales have been lost, tunas and mackerels retain a patch of coarse scales near the head called the corselet.
49. She will retain her very significant shareholding in the company.
50. The house retains much of its original charm.
51. He retained a childlike sense of wonder.
52. This information is no longer retained within the computer's main memory.
53. She has a good memory and finds it easy to retain facts.
54. He struggled to retain control of the situation.
55. Apartments will retain their appeal for a while for Millennials, haunted by what happened to home-owning parents.
56. He had retained a keen interest in the progress of the work.
