retained meaning
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US - VerbBFretainSGretainsPRretainingPREré-
- simple past tense and past participle of retain.
- simple past tense and past participle of retain.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- These sterigmata are retained and make the twigs rough for several years after leaf fall.
- What though thy habit differ from thy kinde, Thou maiest retain thy wonted loving minde.
- It has a structural fold termed GT-B and a retaining mechanism of glucose transfer giving an α-configuration of the growing polyglucan chain (http://www.cazy.org/ ).
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of retained in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "retained" is a verb, more specifically, a verb form.