how to pronounce retention

/ɹɪˈtɛn.ʃən/

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retention is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… nationally the job retention scheme has …”

meaning of retention

Retention means the act of holding on to something, especially something that is difficult to let go of.

retention frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word retention occurs in english on average 8.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics retention 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 retention can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) people, society, and culture;