retain
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
hold back within
This soil retains water
Types & categories
- contain hypernym
Related & opposite
- tenacious derivation
Sense 2 verb
allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature
We cannot continue several servants any longer
Types & categories
- sustain hypernym
Related & opposite
- protraction derivation
- persist in verb group
Sense 3 verb
secure and keep for possible future use or application
The landlord retained the security deposit
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- retention derivation
Sense 4 verb
keep in one's mind
I cannot retain so much information
Types & categories
- think of hypernym
Related & opposite
- retentiveness derivation
- tenacious derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tenacious |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | contain |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | protraction |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | persist in |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | sustain |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | retention |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | keep |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | hold down |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | retentiveness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | tenacious |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | think of |