retention

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re·ten·tion

(rĭ-tĕn′shən)

1. The act of retaining or the condition of being retained: the retention of nutrients in the soil; the retention of jobs in the city.

2. The practice of requiring a student to repeat a class or a year of school because of insufficient educational progress to advance.

3. The ability to recall or recognize what has been learned or experienced; memory.

4. The inability of a person or animal to eliminate a bodily waste.

[Middle English retencioun, from Old French retention, from Latin retentiō, retentiōn-, from retentus, past participle of retinēre, to retain; see retain.]

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retention

(rɪˈtɛnʃən)

1. the act of retaining or state of being retained

2. the capacity to hold or retain liquid

3. the capacity to remember

4. (Pathology) pathol the abnormal holding within the body of urine, faeces, etc, that are normally excreted

5. (Commerce) commerce a sum of money owed to a contractor but not paid for an agreed period as a safeguard against any faults found in the work carried out

6. (Accounting & Book-keeping) (plural) accounting profits earned by a company but not distributed as dividends; retained earnings

[C14: from Latin retentiō, from retinēre to retain]

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re•ten•tion

(rɪˈtɛn ʃən)

n.

1. the act of retaining or the state of being retained.

2. the power to retain; capacity for retaining.

3. the act or power of remembering things; memory.

[1350–1400; retencion < Latin retentiō holding back <reten-, variant s. of retinēre to retain]

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Noun	1.	retention - the act of retaining something holding, keeping possession, ownership - the act of having and controlling property withholding - the act of holding back or keeping within your possession or control; "I resented his withholding permission"; "there were allegations of the withholding of evidence" storage - the act of storing something
	2.	retention - the power of retaining and recalling past experience; "he had a good memory when he was younger" retentiveness, retentivity, memory faculty, mental faculty, module - one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind recollection, remembrance, anamnesis - the ability to recall past occurrences
	3.	retention - the power of retaining liquid; "moisture retentivity of soil" retentiveness, retentivity impermeability, impermeableness - the property of something that cannot be pervaded by a liquid urinary retention - holding urine in the urinary bladder; "he has a problem with urinary retention"

Translations

إحْتِفاظ، إحْتِجاز

zadržování

bevarelse

Zurückhalten

retención

conservation garde

visszatartás

varîveisla; minni

ritenzione ritentivo

gerai išlaikantis

paturēšanasaglabāšana

det å holde på

zadržanie

akılda tutmahatırlamasaklama

保持力保留拦阻

retention

[rɪˈtenʃən] N → retención f (also Med)

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

retention

[rɪˈtɛnʃ^ən] n

(= keeping) → maintien m
information retention → rétention f d'information, rétention f d'informations

(= ability to remember) → rétention f

(MEDICINE) [water, fluid] → rétention f

[heat, moisture] → rétention f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

retention

→ Beibehaltung f; (of possession) → Zurückhaltung f; (of water) → Speicherung f; (of facts) → Behalten nt; (of information by computer) → Speicherung f; (of lawyer) → Beauftragung f; (Med: also retention of urine) → Harnverhaltung f

(= memory) → Gedächtnis nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

retention

[rɪˈtɛnʃ/ən] n (frm) (gen) → conservazione f; (of facts, faces, names) → memorizzazione f (Med) → ritenzione f

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

retention

(rəˈtenʃən) noun

the act of retaining. the retention of information.

reˈtentive (-tiv) adjective

able to retain. a retentive memory.

re·ten·tion

n. retención, conservación;

fluid ___ → ___ de líquido;

gastric ___ → ___ gástrica;

___ enema → enema de ___;

urinary ___ → ___ urinaria.

retention

n retención f; urinary — retención urinaria

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All this is true, if time stood still; which contrariwise moveth so round, that a froward retention of custom, is as turbulent a thing as an innovation; and they that reverence too much old times, are but a scorn to the new.

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Roman and Norman were both wise in their retention of places of approved strength or utility.

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I ask for information, as a plodding man of business who only deals with such material objects as guineas, shillings, and bank-notes--may not the retention of the thing involve the retention of the idea?

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And when we hear a remark spoken, we are conscious of the earlier words while the later ones are being uttered, and this retention feels different from recollection of something definitely past.

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Furthermore, as his windpipe solely opens into the tube of his spouting canal, and as that long canal --like the grand Erie Canal --is furnished with a sort of locks (that open and shut) for the downward retention of air or the upward exclusion of water, therefore the whale has no voice; unless you insult him by saying, that when he so strangely rumbles, he talks through his nose.

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Its singularity lay less in the retention of a custom of walking in procession and dancing on each anniversary than in the members being solely women.

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They insisted on the retention of the camp at Drissa, according to Pfuel's plan, but on changing the movements of the other armies.

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He seemed to recognize the fact that Aynesworth's retention of his post was due to a desire to make a deliberate study of himself, and while his own attitude remained purely negative, he at no time exhibited any resentment or impatience.

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For the most glutinously indefinite minds enclose some hard grains of habit; and a man has been seen lax about all his own interests except the retention of his snuff-box, concerning which he was watchful, suspicious, and greedy of clutch.

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His great estates in Uziri had claimed much of his time and attention, and there he had found ample field for the practical use and retention of his almost superhuman powers; but naked and unarmed to do battle with the shaggy, bull-necked beast that now confronted him was a test that the ape-man would scarce have welcomed at any period of his wild existence.

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On the principle of the multiplication and gradual divergence in character of the species descended from a common parent, together with their retention by inheritance of some characters in common, we can understand the excessively complex and radiating affinities by which all the members of the same family or higher group are connected together.

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The unremitting retention of simple and high sentiments in obscure duties is hardening the character to that temper which will work with honor, if need be in the tumult, or on the scaffold.