retentive
adjective/rɪˈtentɪv/
/rɪˈtentɪv/
- (of the memory) able to store facts and remember things easily
- She has an amazingly retentive memory.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryRetentive is used with these nouns:- memory
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French retentif, -ive or medieval Latin retentivus, from retent- ‘held back’, from the verb retinere ‘hold back’, from re- ‘back’ + tenere ‘hold’.Definitions on the go
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