Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Keeping in possession; serving to retain; keeping back; engaging.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to something that retains something else, as with a retaining wall.
  • verb Present participle of retain.

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Examples

  • PINSKY: I think it what -- it might be what you call retaining the eye of the tiger.

    CNN Transcript Feb 22, 2006 2006

  • PINSKY: I think it might be what you call retaining the eye of the tiger.

    CNN Transcript Feb 21, 2006 2006

  • PINSKY: I think it might be what you call retaining the eye of the tiger.

    CNN Transcript Feb 21, 2006 2006

  • I had no hesitation in retaining Michael to take charge of my case as I believed in his total professionalism, work ethic and determination could achieve the optimum result.

    H Michael | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009

  • Somehow he had succeeded in retaining the tin bucket.

    LOVE OF LIFE 2010

  • Indiana will receive up to $830,948 over the next four years to provide performance funding used to reward regional, four-year colleges for success in retaining and graduating students.

    Grants Will Support New Methods For Increasing Retention 2009

  • Indiana will receive up to $830,948 over the next four years to provide performance funding used to reward regional, four-year colleges for success in retaining and graduating students.

    Teaching/Learning 2009

  • For instance, Koestler was unusual in retaining what Michael Scammell calls “fond memories” of the 1919 Communist putsch in Hungary, a botched and bloody business that led many people to actually welcome the advent of the vengeful right as a deliverance.

    The Zealot 2009

  • Indiana will receive up to $830,948 over the next four years to provide performance funding used to reward regional, four-year colleges for success in retaining and graduating students.

    The Kept-Up Academic Librarian: 2009

  • Freshmen senators and legislators don't stand a chance in retaining their "innocence" because they soon see that the way to get things done is behind doors and in dark corners.

    Graham: Dems engaging in 'seedy Chicago politics' 2009

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