"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 • ...
1. largely retain = w dużej mierze zachowaj largely retain
4. retained indefinitely = zachowany na czas nieokreślony retained indefinitely
5. barely retain = ledwie zachowaj barely retain
6. nominally retain = nominalnie zachowaj nominally retain
7. simply retain = po prostu zachowaj simply retain
  • The goal was to not simply retain jobs, but to design the work so that the workers would be motivated by the social value of their activities.
  • "Now-if you will agree to make yourself available, and not attempt to flee the community, I will simply retain your identity information."
  • At this point, the carrier groups simply retained their number designation regardless of the carrier assigned.
  • In other words, those states add nothing to the estate tax bill, but simply retain part of the amount that otherwise would go to Washington.
  • If you never cry, you will simply retain those wastes within your body.
  • Some psychologists have suggested that children simply retain but stop speaking about imaginary friends, due to adult expectations and peer pressure.
  • We must not simply retain the old-fashioned, traditional ways.
  • Will you be making a proposal to revoke it, or will we simply retain it?
  • China cannot simply retain 50% of the world market.
  • Dodd simply retained his athletic director position, which he had acquired in 1950.
8. automatically retain = automatycznie zachowaj automatically retain
9. normally retain = zwykle zachowaj normally retain
10. fully retain = w pełni zachowaj fully retain
11. retain unchanged = zachowywać niezmieniony retain unchanged
12. simultaneously retain = jednocześnie zachowaj simultaneously retain
(3) generally, narrowly
Kolokacji: 2
(4) temporarily, permanently
Kolokacji: 2
(5) officially, formally
Kolokacji: 2

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