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retain

English

  1. 🔊 keep in one's mind
    “I cannot retain so much information”
  2. 🔊 secure and keep for possible future use or application
    “The landlord retained the security deposit”
  3. 🔊 allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature
    “We cannot continue several servants any longer”
  4. 🔊 hold back within
    “This soil retains water”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 retener to retain, to remember

Similar words

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