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Overview of verb retain

The verb retain has 4 senses? (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (2) retain


2. (2) retain, continue, keep, keep on


3. (1) retain, hold, keep back, hold back


4. retain

(keep in one's mind; "I cannot retain so much information")

Overview of adj retained

The adj retained has 1 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) retained, maintained

(continued in your keeping or use or memory; "in...the retained pattern of dancers and guests remembered") © 2001-2013, Demand Media, all rights reserved. The database is based on Word Net a lexical database for the English language. see disclaimer
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