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retain meaning in Hindi

बरकरार रखें

UK/ɹɪˈteɪn//ɹəˈteɪn/

retain in Hindi: बरकरार रखें. In English, retain means often followed by from: to hold back (someone or something); to check, to prevent, to restrain, to stop.

Hindi words for retain

बरकरार रखें

English meaning of retain

  1. verb Often followed by from: to hold back (someone or something); to check, to prevent, to restrain, to stop.
  2. verb To hold back (a pupil) instead of allowing them to advance to the next class or year; to keep back.
  3. verb Of a thing: to hold or keep (something) inside it; to contain.
  4. verb To hold back (tissue or a substance, especially urine) in the body or a body organ.

Full definition of retain

retain in a sentence

  • water retained by a dam

Synonyms of retain

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Questions about retain in Hindi

What is the meaning of retain in Hindi?
Retain in Hindi is बरकरार रखें.
retain का हिंदी में क्या अर्थ है?
Retain: बरकरार रखें.
What does retain mean in English?
Retain means often followed by from: to hold back (someone or something); to check, to prevent, to restrain, to stop.

Source and license

Hindi words: machine translation by IndicTrans2 (AI4Bharat, MIT license), kept only when it translates back to “retain”. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: retain (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Hindi words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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