retention
noun/rɪˈtenʃn/
/rɪˈtenʃn/
[uncountable] (formal)- the action of keeping something rather than losing it or stopping it
- The company needs to improve its training and retention of staff.
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- the action of keeping liquid, heat, etc. inside something rather than letting it escape
- Eating too much salt can cause fluid retention.
- the importance of energy conservation and heat retention
- the ability to remember things
- Visual material aids the retention of information.
see also retain
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting the power to retain something): from Old French, from Latin retentio(n-), from retinere ‘hold back’, from re- ‘back’ + tenere ‘hold’.
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