how to pronounce удержать

/ʊdʲɪrˈʐatʲ/

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удержать is pronounced in three syllables

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tʲ

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An example use of удержать in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… позволят нам удержать нашу текущую долю …”

meanings of удержать

verb:

To suppress.
To hold back, to keep (from), to withhold.
To deduct, to keep back.
To retain, to hold.

удержать frequency in russian - C1 level of CEFR

the word удержать occurs in russian on average 11.8 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.