"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 • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 39
(4) name, designation
Kolokacji: 2
(5) seat, belt, capital
Kolokacji: 3
(9) memory, sense, consciousness
Kolokacji: 3
(13) water, sound, leverage, sodium
Kolokacji: 4
(15) influence, grip, support
Kolokacji: 3
(16) independence, autonomy
Kolokacji: 2
(17) heat, wall, building, warmth
Kolokacji: 4
(18) link, service, contact, weapon
Kolokacji: 4
(20) right, access, privilege
Kolokacji: 3
(28) strength, energy, momentum
Kolokacji: 3
(31) respect, affection
Kolokacji: 2
(32) Ash, deal
Kolokacji: 2
(34) crown, trophy, reputation
Kolokacji: 3
(36) design, layout
Kolokacji: 2
(37) sanity, focus, clarity
Kolokacji: 3
1. retain one's sanity = zachowywać czyjś zdrowie psychiczne retain one's sanity
2. retain one's focus = zachowywać czyjś nacisk retain one's focus
3. retain clarity = zachowaj jasność retain clarity
  • Despite pressure from his desperate community, Wannihami still retains clarity of vision which transcends his blindness.
  • After his defeat he begins losing his mind, but retains enough clarity to escape with the help of his loyal servants, the Shadow Triad.
  • "I began to acquire an instrument that gave me the ability to speak very fast indeed while retaining complete clarity."
  • Carl Orff uses such multi-voiced layering to excellent effect, yet retains great simplicity, clarity, and directness.
  • Copolyesters retain their strength, clarity, and other mechanical properties even when exposed to a variety of chemicals that typically affect other materials, such as polycarbonates.
  • Firstly they enable large systems to be produced yet still retain clarity within the grammar.
  • The word "pellucid" means clear, indicating that the corneas retain clarity in pellucid marginal degeneration.
  • Gould developed a technique that enabled him to choose a very fast tempo while retaining the separateness and clarity of each note.
  • The urge amongst clinicians for faster text entry while attempting to retain semantic clarity has contributed to the noisy structure of progress notes.
(38) stability, rule, restriction
Kolokacji: 3
(39) nutrient, law, provision
Kolokacji: 3
verbo + retain
Kolokacji: 16
manage to retain • allow to retain • want to retain • try to retain • help 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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