"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
  • Management has allowed Ferguson to retain the striker's single-minded focus.
  • Such papers have retained their focus on national and international news, business news, analysis and the arts.
  • However, The Blind Boys of Alabama made the choice to retain their focus on gospel music.
  • The company has also divested business positions to retain its strong focus on underwriting of specialty insurance products.
  • It concluded that those already supporting the wider aims of al-Qaida continued to do so, but "those with reservations retain their focus on Libya".
  • As long as you can retain your focus and concentration, it's good to be emotional.
  • Bodyguards need to be observant, and retain their focus on their job, despite distractions such as fatigue.
  • It retained its focus on humanities subjects and the social sciences.
  • Observing the academic transformation of the college into a university, Sorensen openly pushed for it to retain its focus on vocational training.
  • Radhika retains her focus on the dining table again, where a supper time scenario is played out this time.
3. retain clarity = zachowaj jasność retain clarity
(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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