to retain
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3.2
- verb
- /rɪˈteɪn/
:
retener
- I feel like I never retain the information though.
- retain information
- students retain information
- retain memories
Plus we do retain most of all low frequency sounds.
- Plus we do retain most of all low frequency sounds.
- I feel like I never retain the information though.
- You know, I didn't, I just didn't seem to retain what was going on.
- It's story because it's so much easier for us to retain that kind of information.
- We in effect place them into a map that we retain in our minds.
- Their cognition, their ability to take in information, retain it, and then act on it.
- Oh, I did not retain the name of the band, but that sounds about right.
- What image of these dramatic events could I retain?
- And what I mean by that is I was born ADD ADHD, my brain cannot retain information.
- You mean seeing movies or I can't retain either?
- Like I I retain readings like minimally.
Examples
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Others have documented sensory processing issues that make obtaining and retaining information challenging.
Academic text (2013) -
How do we retain what we read?
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And the first things that go into your brain are the things you retain the most.
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Have you noticed that it has become harder to retain new words?
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Complex learning activities require individuals to understand, organize, and retain a large amount of new information.
Academic text (2013) -
My brain just doesn't retain knowledge like that.
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I needed you to retain a sense of objectivity.
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One of my weaknesses is getting students to retain information, and simulations will help students do this.
Academic text (2008) -
How can students improve their ability to retain information for exams?
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To remember the vocabulary words better, I find it helpful to write them down; this helps me retain the information.
Synonyms
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1.0
To think about something from the past
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1.0
To store something for later use
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1.0
Remember words and facts so you can say them later
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3.0
To remember something when making decisions or thinking about it
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2.3
Learn something so you can remember it exactly
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4.2
To learn words or information so you remember them
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3.5
To make you think about the past because of an object or place
Something a person still remembers, uses, or keeps
To remain in someone's memory
Antonyms
How Well Remembered
Surface Forms
Etymology
Retain comes from the Latin parts re- 'back' and tenere 'to hold'. Think of holding facts inside your mind, like a box that the word contain suggests, so to retain information is to keep it in memory.