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   retentive

   /rɪˈtɛntɪv/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person's memory) effective in retaining facts and impressions: "he had a highly retentive memory and was an accomplished speaker"
   • 2. (of a substance) able to absorb and hold moisture: "soil should be rich and moisture retentive"
   • ▪ serving to keep something in place.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French retentif, -ive or medieval Latin retentivus, from retent- ‘held back’, from the verb retinere (see retain).

   Derivatives

   • 1. retentively adverb
   • 2. retentiveness noun

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   What is the meaning of retentiveness?

   • 1. tending or serving to retain something. 2. having power or capacity to retain. 3. having power or ability to remember; having a good memory. re•ten′tive•ness, n.

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   What is the best definition of retention?

   • The standard definition of retention in terms of progression from first year to second year has limited use for part-time study or flexible programmes. There is a challenge to find better and more widely recognised metrics to account for student progression and

   The use of data and evidence in retention and progression

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   What is retentive memory?

   • 1. Having the quality, power, or capacity of retaining. 2. Having the ability or capacity to retain knowledge or information with ease: a retentive memory. re·ten′tive·ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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   What does Retent mean?

   • having power or capacity to retain. having power or ability to remember; having a good memory. 1325–75; Middle English retentif < Middle French < Medieval Latin retentīvus, equivalent to Latin retent ( us ) ( retention ) + -īvus -ive She had an extremely retentive memory, read well, and evinced great love of reading.

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   having the power, capacity, or quality of retaining water. “soils retentive of moisture”. synonyms: impermeable. preventing especially liquids to pass or diffuse through. adjective. good at remembering. “a retentive mind”. synonyms: long, recollective, tenacious.

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