English Dictionary

retain

/ɹɪˈteɪn/

verb

(transitive) To keep in possession or use. / (transitive) To keep in one's pay or service. / (transitive) To employ by paying a retainer. / (transitive) To hold secure.

She decided to retain ownership of the company.

意味（1）

(transitive) To keep in possession or use.

Robert of Artoys baniſht though thou be, / From Fraunce thy natiue Country, yet with vs, / Thou ſhalt retayne as great a Seigniorie: / For we create thee Earle of Richmond heere, …

意味（2）

(transitive) To keep in one's pay or service.

A Benedictine convent has now retained the most learned father of their order to write in its defence.}}

意味（3）

(transitive) To employ by paying a retainer.

意味（4）

(transitive) To hold secure.

意味（5）

(transitive, education) To hold back (a pupil) instead of allowing them to advance to the next class or year.

意味（6）

(obsolete) To restrain; to prevent.

preceeded or followed the Words we retain and desire to make up

意味（7）

(intransitive, obsolete) To belong; to pertain.

A somewhat languid relish, retaining to bitterness.