Download the app
educalingo
Search
The main part of the Hyde bill is to withhold U.S. contributions to the regular assessed budget of the U.N. unless they make real and substantial reforms in the way they operate.
Cliff Stearns

Meaning of "withhold" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF WITHHOLD

withhold  [wɪðˈhəʊld] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WITHHOLD

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Withhold is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb withhold in English.

WHAT DOES WITHHOLD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of withhold in the English dictionary

The first definition of withhold in the dictionary is to keep back; refrain from giving. Other definition of withhold is to hold back; restrain. Withhold is also to deduct from a salary or wages.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO WITHHOLD

PRESENT

Present
I withhold
you withhold
he/she/it withholds
we withhold
you withhold
they withhold
Present continuous
I am withholding
you are withholding
he/she/it is withholding
we are withholding
you are withholding
they are withholding
Present perfect
I have withheld
you have withheld
he/she/it has withheld
we have withheld
you have withheld
they have withheld
Present perfect continuous
I have been withholding
you have been withholding
he/she/it has been withholding
we have been withholding
you have been withholding
they have been withholding
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I withheld
you withheld
he/she/it withheld
we withheld
you withheld
they withheld
Past continuous
I was withholding
you were withholding
he/she/it was withholding
we were withholding
you were withholding
they were withholding
Past perfect
I had withheld
you had withheld
he/she/it had withheld
we had withheld
you had withheld
they had withheld
Past perfect continuous
I had been withholding
you had been withholding
he/she/it had been withholding
we had been withholding
you had been withholding
they had been withholding
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will withhold
you will withhold
he/she/it will withhold
we will withhold
you will withhold
they will withhold
Future continuous
I will be withholding
you will be withholding
he/she/it will be withholding
we will be withholding
you will be withholding
they will be withholding
Future perfect
I will have withheld
you will have withheld
he/she/it will have withheld
we will have withheld
you will have withheld
they will have withheld
Future perfect continuous
I will have been withholding
you will have been withholding
he/she/it will have been withholding
we will have been withholding
you will have been withholding
they will have been withholding
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would withhold
you would withhold
he/she/it would withhold
we would withhold
you would withhold
they would withhold
Conditional continuous
I would be withholding
you would be withholding
he/she/it would be withholding
we would be withholding
you would be withholding
they would be withholding
Conditional perfect
I would have withhold
you would have withhold
he/she/it would have withhold
we would have withhold
you would have withhold
they would have withhold
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been withholding
you would have been withholding
he/she/it would have been withholding
we would have been withholding
you would have been withholding
they would have been withholding
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you withhold
we let´s withhold
you withhold
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to withhold
Past participle
withheld
Present Participle
withholding
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WITHHOLD


ahold
əˈhəʊld
behold
bɪˈhəʊld
buttonhold
ˈbʌtənhəʊld
chokehold
ˈtʃəʊkˌhəʊld
copyhold
ˈkɒpɪˌhəʊld
foothold
ˈfʊtˌhəʊld
freehold
ˈfriːˌhəʊld
handhold
ˈhændˌhəʊld
hold
həʊld
household
ˈhaʊsˌhəʊld
leasehold
ˈliːsˌhəʊld
overhold
ˌəʊvəˈhəʊld
overwithhold
ˌəʊvəwɪðˈhəʊld
pot-holed
ˈpɒthəʊld
roothold
ˈruːtˌhəʊld
stranglehold
ˈstræŋɡəlˌhəʊld
stronghold
ˈstrɒŋˌhəʊld
subthreshold
sʌbˈθrɛʃhəʊld
toehold
ˈtəʊˌhəʊld
uphold
ʌpˈhəʊld

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WITHHOLD

withered
witheredness
witherer
withering
witheringly
witherite
witherod
withers
withershins
withheld
withholden
withholder
withholding tax
withholdment
withies
within
within an ace of
within an inch of
within call
within limits

WORDS THAT END LIKE WITHHOLD

absolute threshold
difference threshold
fingerhold
Japanese stranglehold
lifehold
Meyerhold
nuclear threshold
on hold
opposition hold
stokehold
threshold
throttlehold
wrestling hold

Synonyms and antonyms of withhold in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «WITHHOLD»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «withhold» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of withhold

Translation of «withhold» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF WITHHOLD

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

Translator English - Chinese

拒绝给
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ocultar
570 millions of speakers

English

withhold
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रोक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حجب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

удерживать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

reter
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আটকাইয়া রাখা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ne pas révéler
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menahan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

vorenthalten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

保留する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

억제하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyegah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giữ lại
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தடுத்திடப்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रोखा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

alıkoymak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

non rivelare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wstrzymać
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

утримувати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

reține
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παρακρατήσει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

weerhou
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hålla inne
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

holde tilbake
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of withhold

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WITHHOLD»

The term «withhold» is quite widely used and occupies the 32.912 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Quite widely used
85
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «withhold» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of withhold
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «withhold».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WITHHOLD» OVER TIME

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

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «WITHHOLD»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word withhold.
1
Ami Bera
Sometimes as a parent, you have to give your child that doesn't do his or her chores some tough love and withhold the allowance.
2
Alberto Gonzales
There are, for example, exemptions in FOIA in which the government can withhold certain kinds of information, and the courts have recognized that there is certain documentation that do deserve protection, that certain privileges do apply and do deserve protection.
3
Stephen Jay Gould
In science, 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.' I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms.
4
Eric Liu
Conservatives forget that citizenship is more than a thing to withhold from immigrants. Progressives forget it's more than a set of rights.
5
Idina Menzel
I have the potential to be very strong and powerful, sometimes angry, sometimes passionate. I also can be shy and withhold that because I am afraid. I don't want to freak anybody out with my passion... So I struggle with that all the time.
6
Nelson A. Miles
A Christian people who have for two hundred years kept a race in bondage, deprived of the advantages of civilization and religion, owe them a debt of gratitude which it would seem ungenerous to withhold.
7
Agnes Repplier
It is as impossible to withhold education from the receptive mind, as it is impossible to force it upon the unreasoning.
8
Susan Rice
Legislation that would withhold funding for the United Nations is fundamentally flawed in concept and practice, sets us back, is self-defeating, and doesn't work.
9
Cliff Stearns
The main part of the Hyde bill is to withhold U.S. contributions to the regular assessed budget of the U.N. unless they make real and substantial reforms in the way they operate.
10
Lyman Trumbull
Each state, so that it does not abridge the great fundamental rights belonging, under the Constitution, to all citizens, may grant or withhold such civil rights as it pleases; all that is required is that, in this respect, its laws shall be impartial.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WITHHOLD»

Discover the use of withhold in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to withhold and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Managed Health Care Handbook
WITHHOLDS AND RISK/BONUS ARRANGEMENTS One common risk arrangement is the withhold. A withhold is simply a percentage, for example, 20 percent, of the primary care capitation that is withheld every month and used to pay for cost ...
Peter Reid Kongstvedt, 2001
2
Farm Animal Medicine and Surgery: For Small Animal Veterinarians
For Small Animal Veterinarians Graham R. Duncanson. Cefenil 50 mg/ ml Powder and Solvent Solution for Injection for Cattle and Pigs: ceftiofur 1 g/ 20 ml; 1 ml/5O kg im daily. Meat withhold 2 days. Milk withhold zero. Ceftiocyl 50 mg/ ml:  ...
Graham R. Duncanson, 2013
3
Essentials of Managed Health Care
It is possible to create profiles of physicians' utilization patterns to distribute more equitably the withhold funds in the event that some, but not all, of the withhold is used to cover extra medical costs. This is difficult in an FFS system using a ...
Peter Reid Kongstvedt, 2001
4
UN Law on International Sales: The UN Convention on the ...
A termination of the contract due to a replacement delivery has the same requirements as the termination of a contract.5 1.2.2 Right to Withhold Performance or her own performance as far it had to match that of the other party. 6 Further, under ...
Peter Schlechtriem, Petra Butler, 2008
5
Essays in Ancient Philosophy
hold assent on a particular subject, let alone to the generalization that one ought always to withhold assent. What reason, then, do we have at all to assume that the skeptic thinks that one ought to withhold assent? I think that what may allow us ...
Michael Frede, 1987
6
Business taxpayer information publications
You can withhold the employee's share of the taxes even if you are not sure your employee's cash wages will be $1 ,400 or more in 2003. If you withhold the taxes but then actually pay the employee less than $1 ,400 in cash wages for the year ...
United States. Internal Revenue Service, 2002
7
The Psychiatrist's Guide to Managed Care Contracting
Withhold Agreements A withhold is a mechanism whereby the MCO retains a portion of the psychiatric practice's payments to reward or penalize the practice for utilization of services. Some MCOs withhold 10% to 20% of a psychiatrist's fees, ...
‎1997
8
Title 26 Internal Revenue Part 1 (§§ 1.1401 to 1.1550) ...
withholding agent that, after June 30, 2014, makes a payment of U.S. source FDAP income to a participating FFI or deemed-compliant FFI that is an NQI receiving the payment as an intermediary, or a NWP or NWT, must withhold 30 percent of ...
Office of The Federal Register, Enhanced by IntraWEB, LLC, 2014
9
The Pacific Reporter
The Chlco Construction Company served its similar notice on January 4, 1910, to withhold $205.40, and thereafter the appellant paid to his contractor the sum of $2,000. W. W. Montague & Co. served its notice to withhold $1,774.04 upon ...
‎1913
10
Nonprofit Governance and Management
Employers are not required to withhold taxes for "services performed by a duly ordained, commissioned, or licensed minister of a church in the exercise of his ministry."28 Therefore, a church does not have to withhold income taxes from the  ...
Victor Futter, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WITHHOLD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term withhold is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Waco police seek to withhold documents in officer assault …
Officials in City Attorney Jennifer Richie's office are seeking a ruling from the Texas Attorney General's Office allowing them to withhold some of the records from ... «Waco Tribune-Herald, Jul 15»
2
California Appellate Court Holds Employer Must Withhold Taxes On …
On June 26, 2015, a California appellate court rendered a precedential opinion1 that should hopefully put to rest the issue of whether an employer must withhold ... «Mondaq News Alerts, Jul 15»
3
Court: Mohegan Sun Pocono valet had no obligation to withhold
The state Superior Court has ruled in a precedent-setting case for Pennsylvania that valet operators have no obligation to withhold the keys from drunk drivers. «Citizens Voice, Jun 15»
4
Three Google directors survive challenge over pay
Proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services had recommended that Google shareholders withhold votes for the three directors, saying "mega grants" ... «Reuters, Jun 15»
5
Clallam treasurer says she will withhold commissioner-approved …
PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Treasurer Selinda Barkhuis said she will withhold commissioner-approved grants to the city and Port of Port Angeles until a ... «Peninsula Daily, May 15»
6
State Withholds Funds From Some New York City Homeless Shelters
New York state moved Tuesday night to withhold funding from some of New York City's homeless shelters because of their poor conditions, sparking a fight over ... «Wall Street Journal, May 15»
7
AB Value Management LLC Encourages Shareholders to Withhold
AB Value also intends to actively encourage other shareholders of Brunswick Bancorp to withhold their votes for the re-election of all of the Bank's director ... «Business Wire, Apr 15»
8
EU to withhold $37M in aid until Guyana holds elections
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Guyana's British high commissioner says the European Union will not release $37 million in aid until the South American ... «Yahoo News UK, Apr 15»
9
Washington state can withhold indicted auditor's pay during leave …
Jay Inslee believes the state has the authority to withhold pay from indicted state Auditor Troy Kelley, based on legal advice received from the state attorney ... «OregonLive.com, Apr 15»
10
In Holland, Doctors Make The Decision To Withhold Treatment For …
In Netherlands, Dutch doctors do decide, including whether to withhold or withdraw treatment in a substantial proportion of elderly patients. End of life decisions ... «Science 2.0, Apr 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Withhold [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/withhold>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z