"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

(4) try, decide, enable

Kolokacji: 3

1. try to retain = spróbuj zachować try to retain

2. decide to retain = zdecyduj się zachować decide to retain

He decided to retain the horses and try for speed.
The state, however, ultimately decided to retain maintenance of the road.
Atlantic City decided to retain 84 of the 4,312 acres.
The government considered abolition at the time, but decided to retain the death penalty.
A few locals decided to retain the history of the club and save it.
The government decided then to retain control of only those companies in sectors considered strategic, like energy.
He decided to retain the image for one of his next paintings.
Despite the reduced sentence, on 18 June 2010, the high court decided to retain the former president in jail for another 2 months.
After parents protested, the board decided to retain him on probation.
He decided not to retain any of his predecessor's assistant coaches.

3. enable to retain = umożliw zachowanie enable to retain

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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