"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
2. retain quality = zachowaj jakość retain quality
3. retain one's popularity = zachowywać czyjś popularność retain one's popularity
4. retain flexibility = zachowaj giętkość retain flexibility
5. retain credibility = zachowaj wiarygodność retain credibility
  • If the inspection system is to retain credibility, regular inspections are vital.
  • No court could retain any legitimacy or credibility if it were compelled to succumb to this kind of pressure.
  • In that way, the Association can retain credibility as a representative body.
  • To retain credibility as an artist and still make a living, he turned to multiple prints, usually in editions of 50.
  • I can't imagine how someone so bitter as he is has retained so much credibility.
  • That is the best hope for retaining credibility with doctors and the public.
  • He said the groups would have to respond violently in order to retain credibility in the street.
  • Mr. Bush retains much credibility on foreign policy issues, and his strategists see this as a way to distinguish himself in the 1992 elections.
  • Therefore, if we ask for a code of conduct we will have to apply it ourselves in the future to retain credibility.
  • This is a vital prerequisite if we want to retain credibility, both within and outside the EU.
7. retain compatibility = zachowaj zgodność retain compatibility
8. retain one's personality = zachowywać czyjś osobowość retain one's personality
9. retain traits = zachowaj cechy retain traits
10. retain one's nature = zachowywać czyjś natura retain one's nature
11. retain one's individuality = zachowywać czyjś indywidualność retain one's individuality
(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
(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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