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How to pronounce “retentive”
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Pronunciation guide for retentive
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of retentive with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 4 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- How we can help hungry kids, one text at a time
We use SMS because it is retentive.
- Definition summary
- Having power to retain.
Example 1 of 4
How to pronounce retentive
How we can help hungry kids, one text at a time
We use SMS because it is retentive.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “retentive”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Having power to retain.
- (slang, apocope) Anal-retentive.
- [Noun]
- (obsolete) That which retains or confines; a restraint.
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