retained
- adjective
- /rɪˈteɪnd/
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retenido
- The important information was retained in his memory despite the passage of time.
So the theme of the novel is completely and essentially retained, right?
- So the theme of the novel is completely and essentially retained, right?
- And I call retentia for the retained image on tape or on film or in the microbias.
- A great deal of captured, retained waste that we can now relieve out of the system.
- And I would say that in the real world, a lot of investment funds don't come from just retained earnings.
Examples
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And I just have retained my equilibrium back.
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It just means that you have retained your empathy, which is great.
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It's going to be maybe retained only in our our minds.
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So the theme of the novel is completely and essentially retained, right?
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And what we've retained is the broader slow variation.
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So let's talk about the notion of like, there's all this sort of retained stress.
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It just means that you have retained your empathy, which is great.
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She retained her position at the company after the merger.
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Only the best players retained their skills after the intense training.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To store something for later use
Kept in use or memory for a long time
Kept in good condition to stop decay or damage
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A thing that stays in a passive sentence, usually the thing the action happens to
How Well Kept
Surface Forms
Morphology
retained = retain (opaque) = re + tain + ed
The adjective is a regular past-participial formation from the verb 'retain' and its meaning is directly predictable from that base.
Etymology
Retained comes from retain, which is made of re- 'back' and ten 'to hold', the same root you see in tenure and tenant. So, to be retained is to be 'held' or kept in your memory, your possession, or a list of clients.