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 Definitions of retentive  [ɪˈtɛn tɪv]  

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Definition of 'retentive' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) retentive
tending or serving to retain something.

2.  retentive
having power or capacity to retain.

3.  retentive
having power or ability to remember; having a good memory.

Etymology:  (1325–75; ME retentif < MF < ML retentīvus = L retent(us), ptp. of

Definition of 'retentive' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) retentive, recollective, long, tenacious
good at remembering
"a retentive mind"; "tenacious memory"

2. (adj) retentive
having the capacity to retain something

3. (adj) retentive
having the power, capacity, or quality of retaining water
"soils retentive of moisture"


Definition of 'retentive' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) retentive
having power to retain; as, a retentive memory

2. (noun) retentive
that which retains or confines; a restraint


Translation of 'retentive' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: able to retain
a retentive memory.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: onthouend Arabic flag Arabic: مُحْتَفِظ، مُحْتَجِز Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: задържащ
Brazilian flag Brazilian: retentor Czech flag Czech: trvalý, dlouhodobý German flag German: festhaltend
Danish flag Danish: klæbehjerne Greek flag Greek: στεγανός Spanish flag Spanish: retentivo
Estonian flag Estonian: meelespidav Farsi flag Farsi: نگهدارنده؛ ضبط کننده Finnish flag Finnish: pysyväis-
French flag French: fidèle Hebrew flag Hebrew: בַּעַל כּוֹשֵר שְׁמִירָה Hindi flag Hindi: धारणशील
Croatian flag Croatian: dobro (oštro) pamćenje Hungarian flag Hungarian: megőrző; jó (emlékezőtehe Indonesian flag Indonesian: bisa dipertahankan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: sem heldurí sér/geymir Italian flag Italian: ritentivo ottimo Japanese flag Japanese: 保持力のある
Korean flag Korean: 기억력이 좋은 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: geras, gerai išlaikantis Latvian flag Latvian: laba atmiņa
Malay flag Malay: boleh bertahan Dutch flag Dutch: vasthoudend Norwegian flag Norwegian: som kan holde på, har god
Polish flag Polish: trwały Persian flag Persian: نگهدارنده؛ ضبط کننده Pashto flag Pashto: ساتندوى، خوندى كوونكى، ني
Portuguese flag Portuguese: retentor Romanian flag Romanian: fidel Russian flag Russian: удерживающий; цепкий
Slovak flag Slovak: výborný Slovenian flag Slovenian: zanesljiv Serbian flag Serbian: koji dobro pamti
Swedish flag Swedish: bevarande, gott [minne] Thai flag Thai: ซึ่งเก็บรักษาไว้ได้ Turkish flag Turkish: akılda tutan, unutmayan
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 有能力保持的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: добрий (про пам'ять) Urdu flag Urdu: روکنے کی قوت رکھنے والا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: có khả năng giữ lại/nhớ s Chinese flag Chinese: 有保持力的

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