Retention

//ɹɪˈtɛnʃən//

Synonyms for "retention" (77 found)

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Translations

65 translations across 18 languages.

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Arabic

3 entries
  • أُسْر noun (the involuntary withholding of urine and faeces)
  • حِفْظ noun (the act or power of remembering things; memory)
  • ذَاكِرَة noun (a memory)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • задържане noun (the act of retaining or something retained)
  • задържане noun (the involuntary withholding of urine and faeces)
  • запомняне noun (the act or power of remembering things; memory)
  • памет noun (a memory)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 留用 noun (the act of retaining or something retained)

Danish

4 entries
  • erindring noun (the act or power of remembering things; memory)
  • erindring noun (a memory)
  • fastholdelse noun (the act of retaining or something retained)
  • minde noun (a memory)

Dutch

4 entries
  • geheugen noun (the act or power of remembering things; memory)
  • herinnering noun (a memory)
  • herinneringsvermogen noun (the act or power of remembering things; memory)
  • memorie noun (the act or power of remembering things; memory)

Estonian

1 entries
  • säilitamine noun (the act of retaining or something retained)

Finnish

4 entries
  • muistaminen noun (the act or power of remembering things; memory)
  • muisto noun (a memory)
  • omavastuu noun (portion of any potiential damage that must be paid for by the holder of an insurance policy)
  • pidätysoikeus noun (right to withhold a debt)

French

3 entries
  • droit de rétention noun (right to retain property until a debt is paid)
  • rétention noun (the act of retaining or something retained)
  • rétention noun (the involuntary withholding of urine and faeces)

German

4 entries
  • Behalten noun (the act or power of remembering things; memory)
  • Erinnerung noun (the act or power of remembering things; memory)
  • Erinnerung noun (a memory)
  • Verhalt noun (the involuntary withholding of urine and faeces)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • retensi noun (the involuntary withholding of urine and faeces)

Irish

1 entries
  • coinneáil noun (the act of retaining or something retained)

Italian

2 entries
  • conservazione noun (the act of retaining or something retained)
  • ritenzione noun (the involuntary withholding of urine and faeces)

Malay

1 entries
  • penahanan noun (the involuntary withholding of urine and faeces)

Polish

1 entries
  • pamięć noun (a memory)

Romanian

4 entries
  • amintire noun (a memory)
  • memorare noun (the act or power of remembering things; memory)
  • memorie noun (a memory)
  • retenție noun (the act of retaining or something retained)

Russian

4 entries
  • задержа́ние noun (the involuntary withholding of urine and faeces)
  • па́мять noun (a memory)
  • сохране́ние noun (the act of retaining or something retained)
  • сохране́ние в па́мяти noun (the act or power of remembering things; memory)

Spanish

4 entries
  • recuerdo noun (a memory)
  • retención noun (the act of retaining or something retained)
  • retención noun (the involuntary withholding of urine and faeces)
  • retentiva noun (the act or power of remembering things; memory)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • зберігання noun (the act of retaining or something retained)
  • зберігання в пам’яті noun (the act or power of remembering things; memory)
  • утримання noun (the act of retaining or something retained)

Sample sentences

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The stages of psychosexual development—oral, anal, phallic, latent, and genital—turn out to be one big Freudian slip, betraying severe anal retention on the part of the taxonomist.

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Uncertainty regarding the company's financial situation will interfere with employee retention.

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Chunking helps improve memory retention.

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Continuous practice allows for the retention of grammar rules, sentence structures, and idiomatic expressions.

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