how to pronounce retain

/ɹɪˈtɛɪn/

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retain is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of retain in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… that we need to retain in our capacity …”

meaning of retain

Retain means to keep or hold on to something.

retain frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word retain occurs in english on average 25.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics retain can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that retain can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) people, society, and culture;