retaining
Syllables: re·tain·ing/ɹɪˈteɪnɪŋ/
retaining adjective: of or pertaining to something that retains something else, as with a retaining wall. Also the present participle and gerund of retain.
Adjective
retaining (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to something that retains something else, as with a retaining wall.
Noun
retaining (plural retainings)
- The act by which something or someone is retained; a retention.
- All retainings by indenture before that date were declared null and void 'other than to be the household servant or officer or of his [the lord's] council for lawful service done or to be done'.1989, John Malcolm William Bean, From Lord to Patron: Lordship in Late Medieval England, page 212
Also used as
retaining is also the present participle and gerund of retain.
retaining meaning in Telugu and Malayalam
retaining in Telugu
- నిలబెట్టుకోవడం, నిలుపుకోవడం
retaining in Malayalam
- നിലനിർത്തുന്നു
Forms of retaining
| plural | retainings |
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Words formed from retaining
Phrases with retaining
Words that rhyme with retaining
- training
- draining
- planing
- remaining
- waning
- aquatraining
- baning
- caning
- chaining
- complaining
- craning
- entertaining
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Questions about retaining
- What does retaining mean?
- Retaining means of or pertaining to something that retains something else, as with a retaining wall.
- What is retaining in Telugu?
- Retaining in Telugu is నిలబెట్టుకోవడం, నిలుపుకోవడం. See Retaining meaning in Telugu.
- What part of speech is retaining?
- Retaining can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce retaining?
- Retaining is pronounced /ɹɪˈteɪnɪŋ/.
Words near retaining in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: retaining (page history and authors); retaining (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); retaining (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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