retainable
- adjective
- /rɪˈteɪnəbl/
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retentivo
- Using mnemonic devices can make studying more effective and help students focus on retainable concepts.
Examples
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He runs a clean site and boards and obviously doesn't assault people with the pornographic level of advertising that makes many, if not most, sites malignant to the process of acquiring worthwhile information that's usable and retainable.
Blog text (28) -
This can occur because "good" (highly retainable) students select high-value colleges, or because high-value colleges are better at helping their students avoid attrition, or both.
Academic text (1997) -
Prior to that period, the percentages of berried and sublegal lobster were greater, indicating that berried females may have been releasing their eggs and becoming part of the retainable (legal) pool of lobster.
Academic text (1990) -
The study provided numerous facts that were easy to understand and retainable for the students.
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Her presentation was clear and full of retainable information that the audience could remember.
Synonyms
Can be saved and not thrown away
Can be kept or owned for a long time
Something you can keep and use again later
Can be saved on a phone or computer for later use
Easy to remember when you need it
Easy to remember, like a short poem or tune
Something that can fit inside a container or small space
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Retainable comes from the verb retain, which goes back to the old root tenere meaning 'to hold' or 'keep', the same idea you see in tenant and tenure. So, something retainable is easy to 'hold' in your mind or to keep for later.
