retention

Definitions

re- (back) + ten (hold) + -tion (act) = 'the act of holding back.' Retention is keeping something instead of letting it go — keeping employees instead of losing them, keeping facts in memory instead of forgetting them, keeping water in the body instead of releasing it. Same root act of 'holding,' applied across HR, learning, and medicine.

Common Collocations

• 1.memory retention记忆保持
• 2.employee retention员工留存
• 3.water retention水分潴留
• 4.knowledge retention知识留存
• 5.retention rate留存率

Example Sentences

• 1.

  The company improved staff retention by raising salaries.

• 2.

  Repetition is key to long-term memory retention.

• 3.

  The drug can cause fluid retention in some patients.