retain
verb/rɪˈteɪn/
Frequency rank: #3,421 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
To keep or continue to have something.
Example sentence
She wanted to retain her old books instead of selling them.
Synonyms & related words
More words in ranks 3,401–3,500
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