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retention
What does retention mean?
retention (noun): the act or power of remembering things.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use retention in a sentence?
- Uncertainty regarding the company's financial situation will interfere with employee retention. (Tatoeba sentence #8657789 by AlanF_US, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce retention?
/ɹiˈtɛnʃən/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does retention come from?
From Middle English retencioun, borrowed from Latin retentiō, retentiōnis, from retentus, the perfect passive participle of retineō (“retain”) (from re- (“back, again”) + teneō (“hold, keep”)).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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