retain

retain

retain (third-person singular simple present retains, present participle retaining, simple past and past participle retained)

1. (transitive) To keep in possession or use.
   • 1856: Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter XI, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling

     A strange thing was that Bovary, while continually thinking of Emma, was forgetting her. He grew desperate as he felt this image fading from his memory in spite of all efforts to retain it. Yet every night he dreamt of her; it was always the same dream. He drew near her, but when he was about to clasp her she fell into decay in his arms.

2. (transitive) To keep in ones pay or service.
3. (transitive) To employ by paying a retainer.
4. (transitive) To hold secure.

ritenere

trattenere

	mantenere
	When Windows Disk Protection is enabled, to keep (not erase) the cache file on the hard disk when a user logs off or the computer is restarted.

conservare

frenare

impegnare

non restituire

opprimere

serbare

tenere

Altri significati:

(transitive) To keep in possession or use.

(transitive) To employ by paying a retainer.

keep well (food)

(transitive) To hold secure.

(transitive) To keep in one's pay or service.

record (e.g. a fact)

leave (letter) till called for

to keep in possession or use

Traduzione 'veloce'

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