Definition: Retain Meaning in English to Urdu is رکھنا, as written in Urdu and Rakhna, as written in Roman Urdu. There are many synonyms of Retain which include Absorb, Clutch, Contain, Detain, Enjoy, Grasp, Have, Hold, Husband, Keep, Maintain, Memorize, Mind, Own, Possess, Recall, Recognize, Recollect, Remember, Reminisce, Reserve, Restrain, Retrospect, Save, Withhold, Preserve, Put Away, Hold Fast, Bear In Mind, Keep In Mind, Cling To, Hand Onto, Keep Possession, etc.
intransitive v
. To belong; to pertain.
intransitive v
. To keep; to continue; to remain.
transitive v
. To continue to hold; to keep in possession; not to lose, part with, or dismiss; to restrain from departure, escape, or the like.
transitive v
. To keep in pay; to employ by a preliminary fee paid; to hire; to engage.
transitive v
. To restrain; to prevent.
Form
Verb (used With Object)
How To Spell Retain
[ri-teyn]
Origin of Retain
Late Middle English: via Anglo-Norman French from Old French retenir, from Latin retinere, from re- ‘back’ + tenere ‘hold’.
intransitive v
. To belong; to pertain.
intransitive v
. To keep; to continue; to remain.
transitive v
. To continue to hold; to keep in possession; not to lose, part with, or dismiss; to restrain from departure, escape, or the like.
transitive v
. To keep in pay; to employ by a preliminary fee paid; to hire; to engage.
transitive v
. To restrain; to prevent.
Form
Verb (used With Object)
How To Spell Retain
[ri-teyn]
Origin of Retain
Late Middle English: via Anglo-Norman French from Old French retenir, from Latin retinere, from re- ‘back’ + tenere ‘hold’.
intransitive v
. To belong; to pertain.
intransitive v
. To keep; to continue; to remain.
transitive v
. To continue to hold; to keep in possession; not to lose, part with, or dismiss; to restrain from departure, escape, or the like.
transitive v
. To keep in pay; to employ by a preliminary fee paid; to hire; to engage.
transitive v
. To restrain; to prevent.
Form
Verb (used With Object)
How To Spell Retain
[ri-teyn]
Origin of Retain
Late Middle English: via Anglo-Norman French from Old French retenir, from Latin retinere, from re- ‘back’ + tenere ‘hold’.
Urdu Meaning
Find the correct meaning of Retain in Urdu, it is important to understand the word properly when we translate it from English to Urdu.
There are always several meanings of each word in Urdu, the correct meaning of Retain in Urdu is رکھنا, and in roman we write it Rakhna.
The other meanings are Muqarrar Karna, Rakhna, Qaim Rakhna, Mehfooz Karna and Jari Rakhna.
Retain is an verb (used with object) according to parts of speech.
It finds its origins in Late Middle English: via Anglo-Norman French from Old French retenir, from Latin retinere, from re- ‘back’ + tenere ‘hold’.
There are also several similar words to Retain in our dictionary, which are Absorb, Clutch, Contain, Detain, Enjoy, Grasp, Have, Hold, Husband, Keep, Maintain, Memorize, Mind, Own, Possess, Recall, Recognize, Recollect, Remember, Reminisce, Reserve, Restrain, Retrospect, Save, Withhold, Preserve, Put Away, Hold Fast, Bear In Mind, Keep In Mind, Cling To, Hand Onto and Keep Possession.
Apart from similar words, there are always opposite words in dictionary too, the opposite words for Retain are Abandon, Desert, Disperse, Dispossess, Disregard, Exclude, Fire, Forget, Free, Ignore, Lack, Liberate, Lose, Miss, Misunderstand, Need, Neglect, Release, Spend, Want, Waste, Let Go, Not Have and Pass Up.
Retain is spelled as [ri-teyn].
After English to Urdu translation of Retain, If you have issues in pronunciation than you can hear the audio of it in the online dictionary.
رکھنا
Retain