"retain" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

retain verbo

retain + sustantivo

Kolokacji: 192

retain control • retain power • retain ownership • retain one's name • retain one's seat • retain one's position • retain one's status • ...

verbo + retain

Kolokacji: 16

manage to retain • allow to retain • want to retain • try to retain • help retain • ...

Kolokacji: 5

Grup znaczeniowych: 4

Kolokacji: 6

(2) allow, help, favor, support

Kolokacji: 4

(3) want, wish, need

Kolokacji: 3

1. want to retain = chciej zachować want to retain

2. wish to retain = chciej zachować wish to retain

This was a talent he wished to retain and develop.
It was a talent which he wished to retain and develop.
He would naturally have wished to retain it for later use.
If a club wished to retain a player for the following season, it would offer him a new contract.
However, the king did not wish to retain him in the prison anymore.
Yes, I wish to retain you to find the key.
"You wish to retain me to arrange such a meeting."
If you wish to retain the initiative, Captain, approach her now.
Those wishing to retain public concerns are free to do so.
"If you wish to retain your genetic identity, I have the means."

3. need to retain = potrzebuj zachować need to retain

(4) try, decide, enable

Kolokacji: 3

retain + preposición

Kolokacji: 33

retain until • retain by • retain under • retain despite • retain for • ...

retain + adjetivo/adverbio

Kolokacji: 23

successfully retain • largely retain • initially retain • generally retain • somehow retain • ...

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