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retain

/rɪˈteɪn/

US pronunciation

American sound/rɪˈteɪn/

rɪˈteɪn

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 2nd syllable stress
Vowel: Short i vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

rɪ - ˈteɪn -> retain

Myanmar meaning

(v) ထိန်းသိမ်းထား

Full entry

retain /rÇ'teÇn/ v (esp fml )

၁။ ထိန်းသိမ်းထားသည်။ စွဲကိုင်ထားသည်။
retain one's freedom/ indepen- dence ❍ try to retain a flexible approach ❍ a player struggling to retain his place in the team ❍ The ceremony retains an aura of mystery. ❍ We retained the original fireplace when we decorated the room. ❍ The police retained control of the situation. ❍ Military intervention was retained as a possible future course of action.
၂။ ထိန်းထားသည်။ ထိန်းသိမ်းထားသည်။ Clay soil retains water. ❍ This information is no longer retained within the computer's main memory.
၃။ (techn ) (ရှေ့နေ) ငှားရမ်းထားသည်။ (အကျိုးဆောင်မှု တစ်စုံတစ်ရာအတွက်) ပုံမှန် အခကြေးငွေ ပေး သည်။ retain a barrister/ consultant ❍ a retaining fee. See also RETENTION
❏ retainer n
၁။ (techn ) အကျိုးဆောင်ခ အဖြစ် ပုံမှန်ပေးငွေ။ She was paid $ 30 an hour plus a $ 500 a month retainer.
၂။ (arch or joc ) ငယ်ကျွန်။ အစေအပါး။
the king's retainers.
❏ retaining adj အနေအထား အမှန်ထိန်းထားနိုင်ရန် စီမံထား သော။ အထိန်း။
a retaining screw/ strap ❍ a retaining wall (ie one that supports a mass of earth or confines water in a RESERVOIR(၁)).

More examples

These plans encourage the elderly to retain their independence.
We’re trying to recruit and retain skilled staff.
The US expects to retain control over the operation.
I shall retain a lasting and fond memory of him.
It will cost £2, 500 to retain a good lawyer.

Synonyms

keep, keep hold of, hold on to, hold, hang on to, preserve, maintain, save, absorb, bear in mind, cling to, clutch, commission, contain, contract, detain, employ, engage, enjoy, grasp, hand onto, have, hire, hold fast, husband, keep in mind, keep possession, memorize, mind, own, pay, possess, put away, recall, recognize, recollect, remember, reminisce, reserve, restrain, retrospect, withhold

Antonyms

abandon, break off, desert, disperse, dispossess, disregard, exclude, fire, forget, free, give, ignore, lack, let go, liberate, lose, miss, misunderstand, need, neglect, not have, pass up, release, spend, want, waste

Cross references

keep keep hold of hold on to hold hang on to preserve maintain save absorb bear in mind cling to clutch commission contain contract detain employ engage enjoy grasp hand onto have hire hold fast husband keep in mind keep possession memorize

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