"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 • ...

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 • ...

Kolokacji: 1

Grup znaczeniowych: 5

Kolokacji: 5

1. successfully retain = z powodzeniem zachowaj successfully retain

2. easily retain = łatwo zachowaj easily retain

3. comfortably retain = wygodnie zachowaj comfortably retain

He comfortably retained his card by finishing 65th on the money list.
He comfortably retained the seat in the 1959 general election.
David Lammy comfortably retained the seat for Labour on a low turnout.
The new Shogun comfortably retains its place in the market, and bargain prices will continue to be hard to find.
He comfortably retained the seat again in 2008, albeit with a 4.2% swing against him, but still holding a 14% majority.
Price retained the seat comfortably for the government, although with a reduced majority:
He comfortably retained his seat at the 1874 general election.
He finished the season inside the top 50 on the Race to Dubai, to comfortably retain his card for the 2010 season.
She ran a personal best time of 51.44 to win the national 400 metres titles and comfortably retained her 800 metres crown.
As a result, he lost his seat at the 1946 election, though the Labor Party itself comfortably retained office.

4. essentially retain = zasadniczo zachowaj essentially retain

5. partially retain = częściowo zachowaj partially retain

Kolokacji: 12

(3) generally, narrowly

Kolokacji: 2

(4) temporarily, permanently

Kolokacji: 2

(5) officially, formally

Kolokacji: 2

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