"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 • ...
(3) generally, narrowly
Kolokacji: 2
(4) temporarily, permanently
Kolokacji: 2
  • He was temporarily retained in that position by his seatbelt.
  • Today, much of the precipitation is retained temporarily on the surface in the lakes.
  • Raw data logs are retained temporarily as required for security and site management purposes only.
  • One of the terms of the competition was that the two newest buildings in the original complex be retained temporarily for economic reasons.
  • Sear was temporarily retained for a short period as a rhythm guitarist, and left the band soon thereafter.
  • He was so skillful that when he finished pilot training, they temporarily retained him as an instructor.
  • The Progressive Party's support was temporarily retained by the formation of a special committee to investigate the corruption in the customs department.
  • As well, the corner cubelets are temporarily retained by the curved flanges on the neighboring square pieces.
  • The plastids are maintained within the host, temporarily retaining functional photosynthesis for use by the predator.
  • The swamp has an area of about 25 square kilometers and temporarily retains flood waters from Tarlac River.
(5) officially, formally
Kolokacji: 2

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