"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
(38) stability, rule, restriction
Kolokacji: 3
1. retain stability = zachowaj stabilność retain stability
2. retain the rule = zachowaj zasadę retain the rule
  • How can he hope to retain the rule of his world?
  • The NCAA retains the 10-second rule for men's play, but has yet to adopt this rule for women's play.
  • The date surprised some analysts, who had predicted that opponents of the change would persuade the commission to retain the rule until 1999.
  • For instance, he said he had decided to retain the rule that grants permits for a 10-year period rather than shortening them to five years, as proposed last year.
  • After the war the occupied countries retained the rule of driving on the right.
  • But it retained the rule limiting "incidental" music to three musicians.
  • The other faction, he said, retains a tenuous faith in the system and the rule of law.
  • The bar association has lobbied intensely to retain the rule, which gives its membership more tactical options during litigation.
  • We retained the specific rule in the financial regulation in toto with a quarrel which we settled thus.
  • It is time for saner heads in both parties in Congress to press the administration to retain the rule it is trying to disown.
3. retain restrictions = zachowaj ograniczenia retain restrictions
(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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