📖 Определения и значения для слова retain
📒 to keep something; to continue to have something
- to retain your independence
- He struggled to retain control of the situation.
- The house retains much of its original charm.
📒 to continue to hold or contain something
- These plants will need a soil that retains moisture during the summer months.
- This information is no longer retained within the computer's main memory.
- (figurative) She has a good memory and finds it easy to retain facts.
📒 if a member of the public retains somebody such as a lawyer, they pay money regularly or in advance so the lawyer, etc. will do work for them
- You will be paid a retaining fee.
- You will need to retain the services of a lawyer.