'retain' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'retain' with 5 example sentences.
- retain verb
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: hold back within
: allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature
: secure and keep for possible future use or application
: keep in one's mind
They retained their Muslim heritage.
We had to retain a lawyer.
Whoever wants to retain everything lets everything escape.
Goose down retains the heat.
These dishes don't retain heat very well.