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Meaning of "retentiveness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RETENTIVENESS

retentiveness  [rɪˈtɛntɪvnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RETENTIVENESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Retentiveness 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 RETENTIVENESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of retentiveness in the English dictionary

The definition of retentiveness in the dictionary is the capacity to hold moisture or heat. Other definition of retentiveness is the quality of being retentive.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RETENTIVENESS


assertiveness
əˈsɜːtɪvnɪs
attentiveness
əˈtɛntɪvnɪs
attractiveness
əˈtræktɪvnɪs
competitiveness
kəmˈpɛtɪtɪvnɪs
cost-effectiveness
ˌkɒstɪˈfɛktɪvnɪs
destructiveness
dɪˈstrʌktɪvnɪs
distinctiveness
dɪˈstɪŋktɪvnɪs
effectiveness
ɪˈfɛktɪvnɪs
ineffectiveness
ˌɪnɪˈfɛktɪvnɪs
inquisitiveness
ɪnˈkwɪzɪtɪvnɪs
inventiveness
ɪnˈvɛntɪvnɪs
perceptiveness
pəˈseptɪvnɪs
plaintiveness
ˈpleɪntɪvnɪs
protectiveness
prəˈtɛktɪvnɪs
receptiveness
rɪˈseptɪvnɪs
repetitiveness
rɪˈpetɪtɪvnɪs
representativeness
ˌrɛprɪˈzɛntətɪvnɪs
seductiveness
sɪˈdʌktɪvnɪs
suggestiveness
səˈdʒɛstɪvnɪs
vindictiveness
vɪnˈdɪktɪvnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RETENTIVENESS

rete
reteach
reteam
retear
retell
reteller
retelling
retem
retemper
retene
retention
retentionist
retentions
retentive
retentively
retentivity
retest
retestify
retexture
rethink

WORDS THAT END LIKE RETENTIVENESS

activeness
adhesiveness
aggressiveness
appropriateness
awareness
awesomeness
brand awareness
business
closeness
completeness
cuteness
defensiveness
doneness
hoarseness
likeness
oneness
responsiveness
self-awareness
soreness
uniqueness
whiteness

Synonyms and antonyms of retentiveness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «retentiveness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RETENTIVENESS

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

Translator English - Chinese

保持力
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

retentiva
570 millions of speakers

English

retentiveness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

धारण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

retentiveness
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

retentiveness
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

retentividade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

retentiveness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

retentivité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ketegangan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Merkfähigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

保持性
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

보유력
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Retentiveness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

retentiveness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

retentiveness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सहनशीलता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

retentiveness
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

retentiveness
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Pamięć stanu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

retentiveness
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

obsesia
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

retentiveness
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

opnamecapaciteit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

retentiveness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

retentiveness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of retentiveness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RETENTIVENESS»

The term «retentiveness» is normally little used and occupies the 130.822 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RETENTIVENESS» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RETENTIVENESS»

Discover the use of retentiveness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to retentiveness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Study of Student Retentiveness, Achievement, and Program ...
However, although breaking up the traditional urban high school into small learning communities is not fully embraced as the most effective educational reform strategy for all students, this reform, like others, does have its challenges and ...
Cynthia Alania Arceneaux, 2006
2
The Relation of Quickness of Learning to Retentiveness...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Darwin Oliver Lyon, 2012
3
Journal of the American Oriental Society
J. says:* CU^ 0( U-*^ 0(i ** OJ^ D! UT**^ " retentiveness consists in the reporter's being observant and mindful, not heedless nor careless, nor dubious, whether in taking up tradition or in reciting it ; for, if he gives out tradition by his memory, ...
‎1862
4
Electrical Papers
and if, on removal of the inducing force, the structural change disappears, the body behaves like ether, so far, or has no inductive retentiveness. Here we see the advantage of speaking of inductive rather than of magnetic retentiveness. But if ...
Oliver Heaviside, 2003
5
A Textbook of Psychology
Professor Meumann's results leave untouched the question — Is the second factor, retention, or retentiveness, susceptible of improvement by practice? Most psychologists have answered this question in the negative, somewhat dogmatically, ...
William Mcdougall, 2004
6
New Perspectives on English Historical Linguistics: Syntax ...
reconstructability: high retentiveness class were cognate across the whole of Indo-European, and thus totally uninformative. Let us consider just two differences involving these two extreme classes from the meaning lists, both within Germanic.
Christian Kay, Simon Horobin, Jeremy J. Smith, 2004
7
Mind & Matter
Reminiscence and Retentiveness The true nature of such knowledge, as primarily and immediately concerned with the past as such, is obscured by the ambiguity of the term 'memory'. This stands not only for what we may call reminiscence, ...
8
The Exploitation of Natural Resources and the Consequences: ...
Although the water retentiveness of Kanto loam is originally good the amount of available water will be increased by mixing in treated sludge so that its retentiveness is about 1.2 times higher than for Kanto loam alone. For the pit sand mixed ...
R. W. Sarsby, T. Meggyes, 2001
9
Methods to Study Litter Decomposition: A Practical Guide
CHAPTER. 3. MANIPULATION. OF. STREAM. RETENTIVENESS. MICHAEL DOBSON Department of Environmental & Geographical Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, Chester Street, Manchester, Ml 5GD, United Kingdom. 1 .
Manuel A.S. Graça, Felix Bärlocher, Mark O. Gessner, 2007
10
The Investigation of Mind in Animals
CHAPTER II RETENTIVENESS: HABIT-FORMATION IF an animal is to make any real progress the effects of experience must be, in some measure, retained Two kinds of retentiveness may be distinguished ; the one, purely physiological; the ...
E. M. Smith, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RETENTIVENESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term retentiveness is used in the context of the following news items.
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14-Year-Old Minor Girl Brutally Raped; Bottle Caps, Wood Found …
A young teen minor girl has been barbarically sexually assaulted. The current inhuman incident recalls the atrocious retentiveness of the last year Badaun case. «All India Roundup, Jun 15»
2
Palookaville #22 by Seth
Seth is nothing if not attentive to detail, to the point of anal retentiveness. That knife cuts both ways, though. The author exerts a level of control that can make a ... «Paste Magazine, Apr 15»
3
'Togetherness' review: Needs time to get in synch
... actor possibly could be: One (Pete) is profoundly unrepressed, while the other (Brett) is the very personification of repression, or at least anal retentiveness. «Newsday, Jan 15»
4
There Oughta Be a Law Against…
Freud thought our love of materialism was a sign of anal retentiveness! Identify the self with the things of this world and we all become hoarders—like the ... «CounterPunch, Dec 14»
5
Joe Maddon and Theo Epstein's reptilian union with the Chicago …
A few years ago, Buck Showalter might have been one of those managers, but he's relaxed his anal retentiveness and doesn't take the game 24/7 seriously as ... «allvoices, Nov 14»
6
How to take off an Ebola hazmat suit
Success depends on following the rules with extreme anal-retentiveness. Preventing infections from IVs and catheters is similarly exacting, and Atul Gawunde ... «The Week Magazine, Oct 14»
7
Review: 'The Equalizer' is a somber take on silly material with a …
That anal retentiveness comes in handy whether he's placing silverware perpendicular to table edges or mapping out which rock glass goes in which perp's eye ... «Metro.us, Sep 14»
8
Apple: Sell The Stock On September 9th (AAPL)
Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. When change is absolute there remains no being to improve and no direction is set for ... «Seeking Alpha, Aug 14»
9
Hire This Woman: Writer Erica Schultz
My “creative style” is chaotic with a dash of anal retentiveness and a pinch of insanity. CA: What projects have you worked on in the past? What are you currently ... «ComicsAlliance, Jul 14»
10
Kanika Datta: Human factors
But public memory has nano-second retentiveness, so we forget that Mr Modi's excessively low-profile predecessor Manmohan Singh is also vegetarian, teetotal ... «Business Standard, Jun 14»

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