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Meaning of "retainment" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RETAINMENT

retainment  [rɪˈteɪnmənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RETAINMENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Retainment 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 RETAINMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of retainment in the English dictionary

The definition of retainment in the dictionary is the ability to retain.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RETAINMENT


appertainment
ˌæpəˈteɪnmənt
arraignment
əˈreɪnmənt
ascertainment
ˌæsəˈteɪnmənt
attainment
əˈteɪnmənt
containment
kənˈteɪnmənt
detainment
dɪˈteɪnmənt
detrainment
diːˈtreɪnmənt
distrainment
dɪsˈtreɪnmənt
edutainment
ˌɛdjʊˈteɪnmənt
enchainment
ɪnˈtʃeɪnmənt
entertainment
ˌɛntəˈteɪnmənt
entrainement
ɪnˈtreɪnmənt
entrainment
ɪnˈtreɪnmənt
exertainment
ˌɛksəˈteɪnmənt
infotainment
ˌɪnfəʊˈteɪnmənt
obtainment
əbˈteɪnmənt
ordainment
ɔːˈdeɪnmənt
preordainment
ˌpriːɔːˈdeɪnmənt
regainment
rɪˈɡeɪnmənt
sustainment
səˈsteɪnmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RETAINMENT

retail park
retail politics
retail price
retail price index
retail shop
retail therapy
retail trade
retailer
retailing
retailment
retailor
retain
retainable
retained earnings
retained object
retainer
retainership
retaining ring
retaining wall
retake

WORDS THAT END LIKE RETAINMENT

abandonment
adjournment
adornment
advertisement
alignment
assignment
built environment
cantonment
central government
consignment
Department of the Environment
e-government
enlightenment
environment
Federal Government
government
imprisonment
local government
national government
national unity government
open government

Synonyms and antonyms of retainment in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «retainment» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RETAINMENT

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The translations of retainment from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «retainment» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

遴聘
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Contención
570 millions of speakers

English

retainment
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

retainment
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

retainment
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

retainment
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

retainment
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

retainment
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

retainment
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penahanan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Stützbauwerke
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

保持
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

retainment
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Retakan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giữ nguyên hiệu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

retainment
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

धारणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

istinat
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

retainment
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zatrzymywanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

retainment
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

retainment
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συγκράτηση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

retainment
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kvarhållande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

retainment
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of retainment

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RETAINMENT»

The term «retainment» is normally little used and occupies the 129.263 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RETAINMENT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «retainment» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «retainment» 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 retainment

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RETAINMENT»

Discover the use of retainment in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to retainment and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Textbook of Belief Dynamics: Theory Change and Database ...
It follows from core-retainment that there is some set A' such that A' g A, ~10. e Cn (A') and Act e Cn(A'O{0t}). However, —.0t e Cn(A'u{0t}) implies oz-afiot e Cn(A') and thus —\(1 e Cn(A'). 69. a. (i) implies (ii): LetX be such that X gA,XV 0t and ...
Sven Ove Hansson, 2012
2
Logics in Artificial Intelligence: 12th European Conference, ...
0 4.4 Postulate of Core-Retainment A well known postulate for contraction, namely Core-retainment [9] captures the intuition that formulas not contributing to the fact that a belief set K implies a formula F, should be retained in K—ip. IL) refers to ...
Tomi Janhunen, Ilkka Niemelä, 2010
3
View-based Textual Modelling
To enable transformation developers to easily specify retainment behaviour this thesis provides the retainment policies approach. An extensive analysis and classification of changes that might occur in a target model as well as the possible ...
Thomas Goldschmidt, 2011
4
Debris Impact on Emergency Coolant Recirculation: Workshop ...
Based on the experiments retainment factors for the debris in the sump area were calculated for four different limiting scenarios. Table 2 shows the results of this combined experimental and analytical assessment. These calculations took into  ...
OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, 2004
5
The Body of the Organisation and Its Health
Retainment” In this paper I want to suggest that the idea of retainment can be usefully defined as the emotional management of the presence and commitment of members of a team for a work task. I want to use the term to relate in particular to ...
Richard Morgan-Jones, 2010
6
Middle State
The Retainment section?” “I haven't got past Recruitment.” “Read Retainment. Don't read Fund Raising. Your heart couldn't stand it. But read Retainment, out loud.” Brumley sat down and surveyed the document. It was four pages long.
Mike Miller, 2011
7
Belief Change: Belief Change
Due to the problematic nature of this postulate, it should be interesting to find intuitively less controversial postulates that ensure that not too much is lost in contraction. The following are two attempts to do that: Core-retainment [Hansson,  ...
Dov M. Gabbay, Philippe Smets, 1998
8
Operation and Maintenance of Diesel-electric Locomotives
The rollers are retained in the proper longitudinal position by hardened surfaces on the retainment rings. These retain- ment surfaces come in contact with the ends of the rollers only. a. The journal boxes may be fitted with plain or combination ...
‎1989
9
Desert Plants: Biology and Biotechnology
As the equation shows, retainment of water from the farm is composed of three contributions, where I is retainment of water due to interception by vegetation; D is retainment of water in depressions of the ground; and F, retainment of water due ...
Kishan Gopal Ramawat, 2009
10
Belief Revision in Non-Classical Logics
In the literature we find two postulates suggested for this purpose [Han91]: ( relevance) Ifβ ∈ B andβ /∈ B −α then there isa B such thatB −α ⊆ B ⊆ B and α / ∈ Cn(B), but α ∈ Cn(B ∪ {β}). (core-retainment) If β ∈ B and β /∈ B − α then there is ...
Márcio Moretto Ribeiro, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RETAINMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term retainment is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Regents approve salary increases, hear results of UC faculty …
The raises, passed by the regents' Committee on Compensation, aim to improve the recruitment and retainment of talented UC senior leadership and staff. «Daily Californian, Jul 15»
2
WH Ireland confident as half year results see profits trebling
WH Ireland said its rate of corporate client retainment has increased slightly, up from 92 per cent to 98 per cent. Meanwhile the flow of secondary placings rose ... «City A.M., Jul 15»
3
Meridian schools get high marks for improvements
Rising graduation rates and improvements in academic achievement, discipline and teacher retainment were cited by Meridian Public Schools District ... «Meridian Star, Jul 15»
4
REM Sleep Is Crucial To Your Child's Brain Development
The scientists explained that it is through an enzyme called Extracellular-regulated kinases (ERK), released during the REM stage that this memory retainment ... «Tech Times, Jul 15»
5
Saugus teachers saved in school budget
School Committee member Vinny Serino said while no budget is adequate, the important part is keeping user fees low and teacher retainment. “We kept the ... «Daily Item, Jul 15»
6
Otter: Economy looking up in Pocatello, Chubbuck
He credited the savings to the creation and retainment of jobs by local businesses. Amy's Kitchen in Pocatello, for example, is expected to bring 1,000 jobs in ... «LocalNews8.com, Jun 15»
7
A week in the life of a geotechnical engineer
... in keeping this going and now is the time to put something long-term in place. In doing so I would like to see an increase in graduate value and retainment. «New Civil Engineer, Jun 15»
8
Ky. DOC to raise staff comp to increase retainment, recruitment
FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky Department of Corrections is increasing correctional officer compensation in hopes of attracting more candidates and ... «CorrectionsOne, May 15»
9
Former D220 president: Consolidate districts
Plus harmonization of teacher salary schedules between K-8 and the high school will facilitate a level playing field for teacher recruitment and retainment. «Chicago Tribune, Apr 15»
10
Hopewell 'losing competitive edge' with city salaries
It's a huge recruitment and retainment issue for the city.” Vance said the study can be phased over a two year period if City Council would so choose. The study ... «Progress Index, Mar 15»

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