English Dictionary

retain

IPA（発音記号）

/ɹɪˈteɪn/

動詞

他動詞 廃用 自動詞

(transitive) To keep in possession or use. / (transitive) To keep in one's pay or service. / (transitive) To employ by paying a retainer. / (transitive) To hold secure.

日本語の意味

保持する / 維持する / 給料を支払って雇用する / 固定する

Please retain the receipt in case you need to return the item.

返品する必要がある場合に備えて、領収書を保管してください。

意味（1）

(transitive) To keep in possession or use.

Robert of Artoys baniſht though thou be, / From Fraunce thy natiue Country, yet with vs, / Thou ſhalt retayne as great a Seigniorie: / For we create thee Earle of Richmond heere, …

意味（2）

(transitive) To keep in one's pay or service.

A Benedictine convent has now retained the most learned father of their order to write in its defence.}}

意味（3）

(transitive) To employ by paying a retainer.

意味（4）

(transitive) To hold secure.

意味（5）

(transitive, education) To hold back (a pupil) instead of allowing them to advance to the next class or year.

意味（6）

(obsolete) To restrain; to prevent.

preceeded or followed the Words we retain and desire to make up

意味（7）

(intransitive, obsolete) To belong; to pertain.

A somewhat languid relish, retaining to bitterness.

retains （ present singular third-person ）

retaining （ participle present ）

retained （ participle past ）

retained （ past ）