retaining
Academic Word List, sublist 4.
About 4.85 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Of or pertaining to something that retains something else, as with a retaining wall.
- verb present participle and gerund of retain
- noun The act by which something or someone is retained; a retention.
Similar words
retentive holding retainer retention reserve maintain support sustain keep sustaining
Often followed by
the a wall their walls its his it only some
Word family
retain retained retainer retainers retains retention retentive
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