English noun: retention |
1. | retention (act) the act of retaining something |
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| Synonyms | holding, keeping |
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| Broader (hypernym) | ownership, possession |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | storage, withholding |
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2. | retention (cognition) the power of retaining and recalling past experience |
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| Samples | He had a good memory when he was younger.
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| Synonyms | memory, retentiveness, retentivity |
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| Broader (hypernym) | faculty, mental faculty, module |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | anamnesis, recollection, remembrance |
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3. | retention (attribute) the power of retaining liquid |
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| Samples | Moisture retentivity of soil.
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| Synonyms | retentiveness, retentivity |
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| Broader (hypernym) | impermeability, impermeableness |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | urinary retention |
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