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— English words —

• retain v. (Transitive) To keep in possession or use.
• retain v. (Transitive) To keep in one’s pay or service.
• retain v. (Transitive) To employ by paying a retainer.
• retain v. (Transitive) To hold secure.
• retain v. (Transitive, education) To hold back (a pupil) instead of allowing them to advance to the next class or year.
• retain v. (Obsolete) To restrain; to prevent.
• retain v. (Intransitive, obsolete) To belong; to pertain.

— English word, defined in German —

• retain V. Behalten, beibehalten.

— English words, defined in Dutch —

• retain w. Behouden.
• retain w. Onthouden.

— English words, defined in French —

• retain v. Conserver, garder.
• retain v. S’assurer.
• retain v. (Droit) Retenir.
• retain v. Retenir, maintenir.
• retain v. Garder en mémoire, mémoriser.
• retain v. (Union européenne) Sélectionner, choisir, adopter, accepter.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• retain v. Retener.
• retain v. Conservar.

34 English words from 7 English definitions

advance allowing back belong class education employ hold hold␣back in␣one instead instead␣of Intransitive keep keep␣in next obsolete one pay paying pertain possession prevent pupil restrain retainer secure service the them to␣the Transitive use year

6 English words from 11 foreign definitions

accepter adopter assurer Conserver Droit Union

15 foreign words from 11 foreign definitions

Behalten Behouden beibehalten choisir Conservar européenne garder maintenir mémoire mémoriser Onthouden Retener Retenir Sélectionner Union␣européenne

26 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

retains retainal retained retainer retainage retainers retainest retaineth retaining retainable retainably retainages retainings retainment retainments retained␣mode retainerless retainership retainability retainerships retaining␣wall retaining␣valve retaining␣walls retaining␣valves retain␣and␣explain retained␣earnings

9 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

unretained unretainable entretainment immunoretained general␣retainer special␣retainer general␣retainers Marston␣Moretaine special␣retainers

14 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Ain AIN ain' eta ETA Étaín ret Ret. Reta tai Tai TAI tain Tain

12 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ate Até Atë -ate Ater IAT nia Nia NIA ter TER ter-

8 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

atrine ratiné Reitan retina riante tanier tearin' tin␣ear

111 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

Aintree angrite anterio- anticer antimer antired antmire ant␣rice apterin arenite artemin art␣line atebrin Aterian Athirne Bainter Beinart Bernita cantier Catrine ceratin certain Certain citrean creatin Cretian crinate detrain entrail entrain fainter fine␣art fire␣ant Geraint granite Granite hairnet hair␣net inearth inertia ingrate inheart intaker inter␣al. Inter-Am. iranite Katrine keratin kreatin larnite +61 words

63 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

airnt Aitne antie antre arent Arent aren't Arnie Artie Artin atren atrin earnt eat-in eatin' eat␣in entia ernai Étaín inate inert inter Inter inter- intra- irate nater Neira Neria Netra niter nitre n-tier raine Raine raite Renta retan retia -retin -retin- riant riten. tairn tarin Tarin Teian tenia terai Teran terin Terni Tiare tinea Tiner Tiran train Train Trena trian Trina trine Trine

4 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

detain regain remain retail

4 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

Étaín retan -retin -retin-

2 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

restain retrain

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