verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
keep/retain a sense of sth
▪ Throughout it all she retained her sense of fun.
keep/retain customers
▪ Keeping prices low helps to retain customers.
retain a majorityformal (= keep a majority)
▪ They were able to retain an absolute majority of seats.
retaining wall
retain/lose your dignity
▪ Old people need to retain their dignity and independence.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
still
▪ They now rely less on naff novelties and more on structure and nuance, while still retaining an Alec Gilroy-sense of showbiz.
▪ He still retains ownership of the name and uses it for his production company.
▪ The pectoral fins are now of little use, though the fish still retains them.
▪ The performances still retain uncommon appeal.
▪ Whole milk contains fat, so a better choice that still retains the calcium content is semi-skimmed or skimmed milk.
▪ You can make shortcuts to the shortcut and still retain the link to the original.
■ NOUN
character
▪ Holyrood Tavern A completely refurbished tavern which still retains much of the character of the old pub.
▪ The fine Byzantine church was considerably restored in the nineteenth century, but retains its original character.
▪ Efforts to retain the character of the original building externally extended to a decision not to clean the brickwork.
▪ The new owners of the seventeenth century hotel have pledged to retain its charm and character.
▪ Although redesigned, the cockpit is obviously supposed to retain the character of the old 911.
▪ Because they retain their leg-like character and since their positional value is changed from proximal to distal, toes form.
▪ Despite so much rebuilding, Turku Cathedral, like that at Trondheim, retains its Medieval character as well as a national one.
▪ Throughout the century, these households retained the military character that was at the core of their lord's authority.
control
▪ But such an alliance is unlikely given each country's desire to retain control over its own module.
▪ At the same time, Mr Schwartz will retain control over the new space venture, a business that excites him.
▪ I tell Opposition Members that we shall not give way; we shall retain control over public spending.
▪ The senior branch of the family retained unbroken control of the first secretaryship of state for another two generations.
▪ It was vital to retain control.
▪ The National Park Service will retain control of open spaces.
▪ The greater trust a manager places in subordinates, the less control he retains himself.
▪ The government would retain control of the transmission subsidiary.
dignity
▪ It deserves to retain its dignity and to escape trivialisation.
▪ So long as people can walk out of a room and say they have decided to leave on their terms, they retain their dignity.
▪ Only James Callaghan, reshuffled after devaluation in 1967, retained enough dignity to rise again to the top.
government
▪ The state government retains the right to license other operators to run passenger and freight trains over the country rail network.
▪ The government would retain control of the transmission subsidiary.
▪ Central government would retain control of defence, foreign relations, economic policy and other specified fields.
▪ Confederation A confederation is an association in which states delegate some power to a supranational central government but retain primary power.
▪ Central government retains some direct powers in relation to the police.
▪ But again the government retained extensive administrative powers to give it a free hand in dealing with radical writers and journalists.
▪ The government would retain ownership of the land but would sell logging rights and existing infrastructure.
▪ The Government will retain a 49 % share in the company, with the airlines taking 46 %.
identity
▪ In the face of fame the Bavarian has managed to retain his identity, keeping his feet firmly on the ground.
▪ But the colors, too, never blend, and retain their individual identity.
▪ During this process gods worshipped in the same animal eventually fused together, while other retained a separate identity.
▪ These people want to accept each other and live alongside each other, yet retain their identity.
▪ Some family businesses, on the other hand, must stay small to retain their dynamism and identity.
▪ But the unit will retain a distinctive identity by having tan berets.
▪ The institutions which joined would retain their identity and members would retain their existing designations as well as receive new ones.
▪ Counselling in this case helped a client to retain his sense of identity and purpose.
independence
▪ Nevertheless, an important group of family firms retained their independence, and others have entered the industry since that time.
▪ The news division was to retain its independence and integrity under the new owner as it had under the old.
▪ Agnes E lived alone, had reached her ninetieth year and had retained her independence of mind.
▪ Even so, the system on board the spacecraft retained some independence should contact with ground control be lost.
▪ The easiest and least expensive way to retain your freedom and independence.
▪ It's also very necessary to retain independence on both sides.
▪ Yet even the post-classical trust retained its independence of a testamentary heir.
interest
▪ He retained an interest in mineralogy and served as president of the Mineralogical Society 1888-91.
▪ Time retains a minority interest in Omnimedia and will continue to distribute the magazine, which it had published since 1991.
▪ The backs are still young and should mostly be available in 1995 if they can retain their interest.
▪ When the accused appropriates, he will have stolen the property from the person who retained the interest in the property.
▪ Although out of farming, he had retained his interest in Clydesdales and was in demand as a show ring judge.
▪ To the extent that social research more generally has retained an interest in social reform this has been redirected in various ways.
▪ If this can be created and kept constantly alive, streets will retain a great deal of interest for years to come.
▪ For though the factor of change is essential to retain interest, it is the thing most guaranteed to destroy unity.
party
▪ The Liberal Democratic Party has retained power for much of the past half-century.
▪ Under the Moynihan bill, injured parties would still retain the right to sue in cases of drunk driving.
▪ Political parties retain the same name over long periods, implying sameness of identity.
▪ In such ways the party retains ultimate control over appointments, transfers, promotions and discipline.
▪ The candidates of the main parties are selected locally, though the national party in each case retains some veto power.
▪ With an anti-immigrant message appealing principally to racist working-class males, the party nevertheless retained an antisemitic ideology.
▪ No one can tell whether a corrupt and collapsing Communist party can retain any share in power.
place
▪ But whatever happens, the ward will retain an important place in training.
▪ Middlesbrough Mohawks travel to second-placed Oldham today as they bid to retain their eighth place in the league.
▪ There can be no doubt that Sewell's efforts in assisting Palace to retain that place in Division One were magnificent.
▪ We also value our school sixth forms, and will ensure they retain their place in the new system.
▪ Unlikely though to retain his place when Steven Gerrard is available.
▪ Inverleith retained their place in the top flight with a dramatic 7-6 victory over Touche Ross in the final game.
▪ The new Shogun comfortably retains its place in the market, and bargain prices will continue to be hard to find.
▪ He also retained his place on the council of the king.
position
▪ Martin Saunders retains the full back position for the hastily arranged game at Middlesbrough, which kicks off at noon.
▪ He is responsible for all sales operations and administration functions and retain his position as Norstan treasurer.
▪ It means Jim Courier retains the pole position he's held for all but 12 weeks of 1992.
▪ The draft retains the abortion rights position of the 1992 platform, but adds language suggested by abortion opponent Rep.
▪ The grid states nothing about the degree to which investment is necessary to retain star position or sufficient to build competitive advantage.
▪ But Field probably will not retain the defensive coordinator position he held for 14 years under Terry Donahue, the source said.
▪ Only left half forward Niall Guiden retains the position he occupied against Donegal in the league final replay.
▪ That he was prepared to do so to retain his position was, in itself, a sign of changing times.
post
▪ Robertson retained his post as Minister of Information.
▪ He has retained his post at the imperial court in Hue.
▪ No doubt it was easier to reform it with Dzerzhihsky nut of Moscow, although he retained his post as head.
▪ Nim retained his post as Vice-Minister of National Defence.
▪ Gen. Oscar Botero, the Defence Minister under the previous regime, was retained in his post.
▪ Cardoso de Mello retained her post.
power
▪ The Liberal Democratic Party has retained power for much of the past half-century.
▪ Confederation A confederation is an association in which states delegate some power to a supranational central government but retain primary power.
▪ We insisted that we should retain our power to stop the export of live horses.
▪ Since then, Gingrich has retained power on the inside, but he stopped making high-profile appearances.
▪ The candidates of the main parties are selected locally, though the national party in each case retains some veto power.
▪ The view that this small and privileged class will retain its power and income is naive.
▪ However, the National Electoral Commission retained wide powers to ban potential candidates.
▪ Lenin declared in 1917, describing how the Bolsheviks planned to retain power.
seat
▪ Although Billing retained his seat at the 1918 general election, ill health forced his retirement in 1921.
▪ Hereditary peers were to be allowed to retain their seats, speak but not vote.
▪ Siumut lost votes but retained the 11 seats it held in the outgoing Landsting.
▪ He retained his seat in January 1910 but declined to stand again the following December.
▪ Parties must obviously be allowed to retain excess seats, so the membership of the Bundestag has to be increased.
▪ Labour retained their safest seat in Wear Valley with a reduced majority.
▪ He retained his seat in 1997 with a majority of 11,167 over the Liberal Democrats.
sense
▪ Despite the pressure of tomorrow's Sun local derby against Roma, Gazza has managed to retain his outrageous sense of humour.
▪ Those who retained sufficient self-respect and sense of responsibility to think of the future were filled with the deepest apprehension.
▪ And he retains the sense of wry humour which he reckons every newspaperman needs, if only to keep him sane.
▪ It is a large cathedral and its interior retains a Medieval sense of spirituality.
▪ Many couples retain their sense of injury - or perceived injury - at the hands of the other, for many years.
▪ What he had retained was the sense of an elusive mystery waiting in the heights for his return.
▪ An old person is helped to retain a sense of individuality through maintaining close relationships.
▪ It is invisible once applied and users retain full sense of touch and natural mobility of hands.
service
▪ Tottenham would retain Lineker's services for another year.
▪ When Rich learns that Jody has retained the services of a lawyer, he understands.
▪ Emphasis was to be placed on retaining commuter and rural services and routes deemed to be of value in spite of costs.
▪ One thing I am certain of after this encounter: Nico will not be bidding to retain my services.
▪ For whatever reason, the government chose to accept the case for retaining an Exchequer-financed service free at the point of use.
▪ The loan would fund both upgradings at the hospital to be retained and new community services.
status
▪ Instead they retain the status of written professional standards.
▪ Adams, meanwhile, is battling to remain among the top 125 and retain his tour exempt status.
▪ How can you retain any kind of status in that council house?
▪ They retained their status, and often jobs, in the community, and tension among relatives was relieved.
▪ The settlers were determined to retain their privileged status.
▪ For a large part of their career, employees retain the same job status and pay, and are not promoted.
▪ States remain important global actors but their struggle to retain independent status precludes solutions to global problems.
▪ Smaller friendly societies also have a very good reason to retain their status.
title
▪ Derry were the last county to retain their Ulster title in 1976, so in a sense history is against Donegal.
▪ McGinn will retain the title of president.
▪ Karpov took game 22 and needed one more win to level the score and retain his title.
▪ A lease can often be obtained more easily than a loan can be arranged because the lessor retains title to the asset.
▪ Jaffa are sending a party of 50 who could all play a part in the bid to retain the title.
▪ But the elder Kim retained the military title of Marshal.
▪ Thomas Hearns did so twice in June of this year, but Leonard managed to retain his super-middleweight title with a draw.
▪ But whether he retains his title may be doubtful.
■ VERB
allow
▪ Hereditary peers were to be allowed to retain their seats, speak but not vote.
▪ But this might allow them to be retained, when other class affiliations are lost.
▪ The New Democratic party won 13 seats, which allows them to retain their official party standing.
▪ There is a certain amount you are allowed to retain before income tax becomes applicable.
▪ Parties must obviously be allowed to retain excess seats, so the membership of the Bundestag has to be increased.
▪ More practices might consider a prescribing contract alone if they were allowed to retain a percentage of the savings.
▪ Zhao himself remained under investigation, although he had reportedly been allowed to retain his party membership.
▪ This prevents personal discussions and arguments developing freely and allows the Chair to retain control of the meeting.
help
▪ Such honesty, reflected in pay arrangements, helps the company retain good executives.
▪ Only the ever-present threat of them helped the peasants to retain part of the liberties and advantages that they had earlier acquired.
▪ An old person is helped to retain a sense of individuality through maintaining close relationships.
▪ These work-force-centered benefits helped businesses retain their most valuable employees.
▪ Our service staff have also been working hard to ensure the highest standards in difficult times and to help retain our customers.
▪ I would think this would help one retain more.
▪ Perhaps metre is one of the factors which help the mind retain sound patterns, and therefore aids the memory.
▪ It helped him to retain a positive attitude if he felt he was doing something constructive.
manage
▪ Despite the pressure of tomorrow's Sun local derby against Roma, Gazza has managed to retain his outrageous sense of humour.
▪ But no matter how much geography changes in the sprawling Old Pueblo, the site still manages to retain its cottonwood-laced charm.
▪ Headway Pre-Intermediate has managed to retain all the best features of the Headway series at pre-intermediate level.
▪ The Lake District has managed to retain an atmosphere of remoteness, peace and beauty.
▪ And if you manage to retain all of your marbles, you might possibly be as street-sussed as Donny Osmond.
▪ Thomas Hearns did so twice in June of this year, but Leonard managed to retain his super-middleweight title with a draw.
▪ In the face of fame the Bavarian has managed to retain his identity, keeping his feet firmly on the ground.
▪ However, he manages to retain his honour up to his death which is an indication of his strong character and resilience.
want
▪ Little wonder more organisations who want to retain and develop key staff are moving to the Open Business School.
▪ Some members want to retain the historic name.
▪ She also wanted to retain her own surname, separate bank accounts and tax returns.
▪ Symington, of course, wants to retain control of those dollars.
▪ Users, he says, are not prepared to see Microsoft alone dominating the marketplace, and want to retain a choice.
▪ They may wish to raise additional equity capital but want to retain voting control.
▪ That is an unfair responsibility to impose on institutions that will not want to retain holdings in all 10 authorities.
wish
▪ Bobbio, like Schumpeter and Dahl, wishes to retain the competitive model of different parties for the peoples' vote.
▪ You may wish to retain your pension or allowance book and continue to draw your own money.
▪ Ideally the vendor will wish to retain absolute control over the way in which the business is managed.
▪ You do not need to dip into this money at regular intervals, but wish to retain it for the future.
▪ You can, of course, print any mail messages you wish to retain using 6.2.0 - Print Mail Index.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Children would retain more if the summer vacation were shorter.
▪ Florian's relatives will retain rights to the property.
▪ It's important that you retain a sense of proportion when you're feeling depressed.
▪ It is suggested that you retain copies of the documents for at least three years.
▪ Only four members of the original marketing team will be retained next year.
▪ The Commission retains the services of consultants in specialized fields.
▪ The new design will be more modern, while retaining the graceful shape of the original.
▪ The town has retained much of its country charm.
▪ The treaty would not allow any country to produce, acquire, or retain chemical weapons.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ For some one who worked in what she believed to be such a hard-nosed profession he retained a sensitive streak.
▪ However, some have retained the more traditional method of charging commission on transactions only.
▪ If a symbol does not symbolize what one thinks good or true, there can be no reason to retain it.
▪ It retained its pot-shape although the pot was gone.
▪ Robertson retained his post as Minister of Information.
▪ Schools around the state say they're having a hard time attracting and retaining teachers, especially in certain fields.
▪ The rims of the eyes also have this same bright blue, and they retain this coloration in the adult stage.