Definitions for retain

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retain re·tain

Spelling: [ri-teyn]

IPA: /rɪˈteɪn/

Retain is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 163 anagrams from letters in retain (aeinrt).

Definitions for retain

verb (used with object)

1. to keep possession of.
2. to continue to use, practice, etc.:
3. to continue to hold or have:
4. to keep in mind; remember.
5. to hold in place or position.
6. to engage, especially by payment of a preliminary fee:

Origin of retain

1350-1400; Middle English reteinen Old French retenir Latin retinēre to hold back, hold fast, equivalent to re- re- + -tinēre, combining form of tenēre to hold

Examples for retain

First they must retain and work to expand their share of older voters.

If a servant complained of being abused, his master had no power to retain him.

We should help him to retain their affection and faithfulness.

Now both breweries are fighting to retain their half of the cake.

To attempt to eliminate fear and retain this concept of God is vain.

Canada and the United States are the only industrialized countries that retain birthright citizenship.

For the present, he could not do better than to retain his place in the factory.

And despite the good scholarship the authors have managed to retain the buoyancy and upbeat air attendant on most comics.

Rohrabacher though did retain the bottle for official use in his Washington, D.C. office.

If Cass had stolen the money it would never do to retain him in a position of trust.