retain

retain
verb
ADVERB
▪ nonetheless, still, yet
▪ no longer
▪ somehow
▪

Despite the decay the mosque somehow retained a profound grandeur.

▪ successfully
▪

He has successfully retained his position as national president of the society.

▪ largely
▪

Her new music largely retains the distinctiveness of the old.

VERB + RETAIN
▪ be eager to, be keen to (esp. BrE), hope to, want to, wish to
▪ attempt to, fight to, seek to, struggle to, try to
▪

He struggled to retain control of the situation.

▪ be unlikely to
▪ be likely to
▪ manage to
▪ help (to)
▪ be allowed to, be entitled to (BrE), have the right to
▪

He was allowed to retain his parliamentary seat. (BrE)

▪

The immigrants have a right to retain their language.

▪ be important to
▪ fail to
PREPOSITION
▪ as
▪

The president retained her as his chief adviser.

Retain is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ability, ↑affection, ↑air, ↑allegiance, ↑appeal, ↑attorney, ↑aura, ↑autonomy, ↑ball, ↑championship, ↑character, ↑charm, ↑composure, ↑confidence, ↑control, ↑copyright, ↑counsel, ↑credibility, ↑crown, ↑customer, ↑dignity, ↑dominance, ↑domination, ↑edge, ↑employee, ↑faculty, ↑faith, ↑feature, ↑flavour, ↑flexibility, ↑fluid, ↑freedom, ↑heat, ↑identity, ↑independence, ↑individuality, ↑influence, ↑information, ↑initiative, ↑innocence, ↑integrity, ↑jurisdiction, ↑lead, ↑loyalty, ↑majority, ↑memory, ↑moisture, ↑monopoly, ↑mystery, ↑office, ↑ownership, ↑poise, ↑popularity, ↑possession, ↑prerogative, ↑responsibility, ↑right, ↑sanity, ↑seat, ↑semblance, ↑sense, ↑shape, ↑staff, ↑status, ↑title, ↑value, ↑vestige, ↑warmth

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