transcription, транскрипция: [ rɪteɪn ]
( retains, retaining, retained)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
To retain something means to continue to have that thing. ( FORMAL )
The interior of the shop still retains a nineteenth-century atmosphere...
VERB : V n
2.
If you retain a lawyer, you pay him or her a fee to make sure that he or she will represent you when your case comes before the court. ( LEGAL )
He decided to retain him for the trial.
VERB : V n