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Meaning of "irretention" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF IRRETENTION

irretention  [ɪrɪˈtɛnʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF IRRETENTION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Irretention is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES IRRETENTION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of irretention in the English dictionary

The definition of irretention in the dictionary is lack or absence of retention.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH IRRETENTION


abstention
əbˈstɛnʃən
attention
əˈtɛnʃən
contention
kənˈtɛnʃən
detention
dɪˈtɛnʃən
distension
dɪsˈtɛnʃən
extension
ɪkˈstɛnʃən
hyperextension
ˌhaɪpərɪkˈstɛnʃən
hypertension
ˌhaɪpəˈtɛnʃən
hypotension
ˌhaɪpəʊˈtɛnʃən
intension
ɪnˈtɛnʃən
intention
ɪnˈtɛnʃən
mention
ˈmɛnʃən
normotension
ˈnɔːməʊˌtɛnʃən
overattention
ˌəʊvərəˈtɛnʃən
overextension
ˌəʊvərɪkˈstɛnʃən
pretension
prɪˈtɛnʃən
protension
prəʊˈtɛnʃən
retention
rɪˈtɛnʃən
sustention
səˈstɛnʃən
tension
ˈtɛnʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE IRRETENTION

irresponsibility
irresponsible
irresponsibleness
irresponsibly
irresponsive
irresponsively
irresponsiveness
irrestrainable
irresuscitable
irresuscitably
irretentive
irretentiveness
irretrievability
irretrievable
irretrievableness
irretrievably
irreverence
irreverent
irreverential
irreverently

WORDS THAT END LIKE IRRETENTION

accreditation
bone of contention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
chemoprevention
contravention
convention
crime prevention
dissention
fire prevention
honourable mention
inattention
indention
intervention
invention
National Convention
obtention
political convention
prevention
reinvention
selective attention
subvention

Synonyms and antonyms of irretention in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «irretention» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF IRRETENTION

Find out the translation of irretention to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of irretention from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «irretention» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

irretention
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

irretention
570 millions of speakers

English

irretention
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

irretention
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

irretention
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

irretention
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

irretention
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

irretention
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

irretention
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Irretention
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

irretention
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

irretention
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

irretention
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Irretention
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

irretention
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

irretention
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Irretention
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

irretention
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

irretention
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

irretention
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

irretention
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

irretention
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

irretention
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

irretention
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

irretention
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

irretention
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of irretention

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «IRRETENTION»

The term «irretention» is used very little and occupies the 153.641 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «IRRETENTION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «irretention» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «irretention» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about irretention

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IRRETENTION»

Discover the use of irretention in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to irretention and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
301 More Ways to Have Fun at Work
hiring. %\&^. irretention. need. Crp hinklng on your feet is a must when [J interviewing, but never before have job applicants had to think and act like they do now. At a recent interview at Zefer, an Internet consulting firm in Boston, a job  ...
Dave Hemsath, 2001
2
The Lancet London: A Journal of British and Foreign ...
Irretention of bladder. Irretention of boweU. Fits. Crippled — Bedridden. Sickness. With numerous Statistical Tables, and a Plan of the Lincoln Asylum, being the Twenty-fifth Report of the Institution. Price 2s. Sold by Longman & Co., London ...
‎1850
3
Miscellanies, in two parts. 1. Prose. 2. Verse, etc
And should you have the misfortune to be an author, from necessity or from choice, you may save much time by composing at first in Stenography; and this likewise, will prevent the visions of fancy from being lost by the irretention of memory. ' .
William Fordyce Mavor, 1829
4
Moral Maxims
So that Confidence is sometimes, _ as it were, the Relief of the Mind which wants to ease itself of an oppreflive Load; Confidence is the Relief of the Mind] þ This Irretention of a Secret has been strongly and ingenioufiy satirized by the ancient ...
François duc de La Rochefoucauld, 1749
5
Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers
... his hand to find the spoon. But his inability to sign his name did not arise merely from blindness : the fact was, that, from irretention of memory, he could not recollect the letters which composed his name ; and, 282 LAST DAYS OF KANT.
Thomas De Quincey, 1853
6
The Shoemaker's Daughters and Other Stories
And should you have the misfortune to be an author, from necessity or from choice, you may save much time by composing at first in Stenography ; and this, likewise, will prevent the visions of fancy from being lost by the irretention of memory.
Caroline L. Smith, 1866
7
De Quincey's Works ...: Miscellanies: chiefly narrative
But his inability to sign his name did not arise merely from blindness: the fact was, that, from irretention of memory, he could not recollect the letters which composed his name; and, when they were repeated to him, he could not represent the ...
Thomas De Quincey, 1863
8
Jessie Phillips: A Tale of the Present Day
It must not be supposed, however, because the pretty youthful Agatha alone is mentioned as being added to the list of Mr. Frederic Mortimer's conquests, that Miss Mortimer, her aunt, was not still une belle a irretention. Nothing could be more ...
Frances Milton Trollope, 1844
9
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
But his inability to sign his name did not arise merely from blindness : the fact was , that, from irretention of memory, he could not recollect the letters which composed his name ; and, when they were repeated to him, he could not represent the ...
‎1827
10
Current Concepts in Carnitine Research: A Medical College of ...
Bohles, H. , Segerer, H., and Fekl, W. , Improved irretention during L-carnitine- supplemented total parenteral nutrition, J. Parenteral Enteral Nutr. , 8, 9, 1984. 42 . Newton, G. L. and Haydon, K. D., Carnitine in nursery pig diets, Univ. of Georgia  ...
A. Lee Carter, 1991

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Irretention [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/irretention>. May 2024 ».
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