retention
The act of retaining or something retainedThe act of retaining or something retained.
» Chunking helps improve memory retention.
Фрагментування допомагає покращити здатність запам'ятовувати.
Meaning
10 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of retaining or something retained.
Zurückhaltung
удержа́ниеuderžánije, удержива́ниеuderživánije, сохране́ниеsoxranénije
утриманняutrymannja, зберіганняzberihannja
the act of retaining something
(countable, uncountable)The act or power of remembering things.
Erinnerung, Behalten
сохране́ние в па́мятиsoxranénije v pámjati
зберігання в пам’ятіzberihannja v pamʺjati
the power of retaining liquid
(countable, uncountable)Memory; what is retained in the mind.
Erinnerung
па́мятьpámjatʹ
(countable, uncountable)The involuntary withholding of urine and faeces.
Verhalt
задержа́ниеzaderžánije, удержа́ниеuderžánije
(countable, uncountable)The length of time a patient remains in treatment.
(countable, uncountable)The right to withhold a debt, or of retaining property until a debt due to the person claiming the right is duly paid; a lien.
(countable, uncountable)The portion of a potential damage that must be paid for by the holder of an insurance policy.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)That which contains something, as a tablet; a means of preserving impressions.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)The act of withholding; restraint; reserve.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A place of custody or confinement.
Examples
5 sentencesChunking helps improve memory retention.
Фрагментування допомагає покращити здатність запам'ятовувати.
She works on employee retention strategies.
Language learning stimulates brain activity and improves memory retention.
ruИзучение языков стимулирует работу мозга и улучшает память.
Uncertainty regarding the company's financial situation will interfere with employee retention.
Continuous practice allows for the retention of grammar rules, sentence structures, and idiomatic expressions.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
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Origin
From Middle English retencioun, borrowed from Latin retentiō, retentiōnis, from retentus,From Middle English retencioun, borrowed from Latin retentiō, retentiōnis, from retentus, the perfect passive participle of retineō (“retain”) (from re- (“back, again”) + teneō (“hold, keep”)).
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Forms
plural: retentions| Singular | retention |
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Synonyms
5 synonyms- the act of retaining something:keepingholding
- the power of retaining and recalling past experience:memoryretentivenessretentivity
- the power of retaining liquid:retentivenessretentivity
Word family
14 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable