- Types Of Speech
- You can use retain as a verb in a sentence.
- About Retain
- A 2 syllables verb and 6 letters with the letters a, e, i, n, r, and t, 3 consonants, 3 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letters ta. Retain starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters r, re, ret, reta, retai, and the ending characters are n, in, ain, tain, etain, ..
- Definition
- Keep in one''s mind; "I cannot retain so much information"
- Origin/Roots
- French
- Compound Words
- A compound word, retain has more than one word within it. There's 2 words which are ret, and ain.
- School Grade
- Retain is set as a grade seven word that starts with r, ends with n, 2 syllables, 3 vowels and 6 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is retain a scrabble word? A 6 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Retain in Pig Latin is said as "etainray or etainrway".
- Unigram
- r | e | t | a | i | n
- Bigram
- re | et | ta | ai | in
- Trigram
- ret | eta | tai | ain
- Quadrigram
- reta | etai | tain
- Word Gram
- Verb Examples
- keep in one's mind;
"I cannot retain so much information" - secure and keep for possible future use or application;
"The landlord retained the security deposit";
"I reserve the right to disagree" - allow to remain in a place or position;
"We cannot continue several servants any longer";
"She retains a lawyer";
"The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff";
"Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on";
"We kept the - hold within;
"This soil retains water";
"I retain this drug for a long time"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Absorb | cause to become one with "The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax" |
| Acquire | come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes) "He grew a beard" "The patient developed abdominal pains" |
| Adopt | take into one''s family "They adopted two children from Nicaragua" |
| Arrest | the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar" |
| Assume | put clothing on one''s body "What should I wear today?" "He put on his best suit for the wedding" "The princess donned a long blue dress" "The queen assumed the stately robes" "He got into his jeans" |
| Balance | a scale for weighing depends on pull of gravity |
| Ballast | any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship |
| Bear In Mind | |
| Bespeak | express the need or desire for ask for "She requested an extra bed in her room" "She called for room service" |
| Book | physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together "he used a large book as a doorstop" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Retain
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Nerita | having short a smooth or spirally ridged shell with thick usually toothed outer lip and toothed operculum |
| Retina | the light-sensitive membrane covering the back wall of the eyeball it is continuous with the optic nerve |
| Retain | keep in one''s mind "I cannot retain so much information" |
View English words with the unique letters used in retain. Words With The Letters Aeinrt
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Memory | an electronic memory device "a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached" |
| Retention | the act of keeping in your possession |
| Retentiveness | the power of retaining liquid "moisture retentivity of soil" |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Remember | recall knowledge from memory have a recollection "I can''t remember saying any such thing" "I can''t think what her last name was" "can you remember her phone number?" "Do you remember that he once loved you?" "call up memories" |
| Think Of |
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nerita (6 letters) | 6 | 7 | retina | ||
| Neritina (8 letters) | 8 +2 | 10 +3 | neritina | ||
| Trainer (7 letters) | 7 +1 | 8 +1 | retrain | ||
| Intranet (8 letters) | 8 +2 | 10 +3 | intranet | ||
| Antivert (8 letters) | 11 +5 | 13 +6 | antivert | ||
| Retainer (8 letters) | 8 +2 | 9 +2 | retainer | ||
| Tinware (7 letters) | 10 +4 | 11 +4 | tinware | ||
| Inertia (7 letters) | 7 +1 | 8 +1 | inertia | ||
| Tin Ear (7 letters) | |||||
| Retina (6 letters) | 6 | 7 | retina | ||
| Terrain (7 letters) | 7 +1 | 8 +1 | retrain | ||
| Eritrean (8 letters) | 8 +2 | 9 +2 | retainer | ||
| Trainee (7 letters) | 7 +1 | 8 +1 | aintree | ||
| Wintera (7 letters) | 10 +4 | 11 +4 | tinware | ||
| Atrazine (8 letters) | 17 +11 | 18 +11 | nazarite | ||
| Taurine (7 letters) | 7 +1 | 9 +2 | taurine | ||
| Nitrate (7 letters) | 7 +1 | 8 +1 | tertian | ||
| Triazine (8 letters) | 17 +11 | 18 +11 | aeiinrtz | ||
| Urinate (7 letters) | 7 +1 | 9 +2 | taurine | ||
| Retrain (7 letters) | 7 +1 | 8 +1 | retrain | ||
| Retain (6 letters) | 6 | 7 | retina | ||
| Entrain (7 letters) | 7 +1 | 9 +2 | entrain | ||
| Inerrant (8 letters) | 8 +2 | 10 +3 | inerrant | ||
| Tertian (7 letters) | 7 +1 | 8 +1 | tertian | ||
| Eretrian (8 letters) | 8 +2 | 9 +2 | retainer |
Retain Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With R
- Ends With N
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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