Often followed by from: to hold back (someone or something); to check, to prevent, to restrain, to stop.
Infinitiveretain
Past simpleretained
Past participleretained
-ing formretaining
Full conjugation of the English verb to retain (past simple retained,
past participle retained):
present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect,
future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.
Indicative
Present simple
I
retain
you
retain
he/she/it
retains
we
retain
you
retain
they
retain
Present continuous
I
am retaining
you
are retaining
he/she/it
is retaining
we
are retaining
you
are retaining
they
are retaining
Present perfect
I
have retained
you
have retained
he/she/it
has retained
we
have retained
you
have retained
they
have retained
Present perfect continuous
I
have been retaining
you
have been retaining
he/she/it
has been retaining
we
have been retaining
you
have been retaining
they
have been retaining
Past simple
I
retained
you
retained
he/she/it
retained
we
retained
you
retained
they
retained
Past continuous
I
was retaining
you
were retaining
he/she/it
was retaining
we
were retaining
you
were retaining
they
were retaining
Past perfect
I
had retained
you
had retained
he/she/it
had retained
we
had retained
you
had retained
they
had retained
Past perfect continuous
I
had been retaining
you
had been retaining
he/she/it
had been retaining
we
had been retaining
you
had been retaining
they
had been retaining
Future simple
I
will retain
you
will retain
he/she/it
will retain
we
will retain
you
will retain
they
will retain
Future continuous
I
will be retaining
you
will be retaining
he/she/it
will be retaining
we
will be retaining
you
will be retaining
they
will be retaining
Future perfect
I
will have retained
you
will have retained
he/she/it
will have retained
we
will have retained
you
will have retained
they
will have retained
Future perfect continuous
I
will have been retaining
you
will have been retaining
he/she/it
will have been retaining
we
will have been retaining
you
will have been retaining
they
will have been retaining
Conditional
Present
I
would retain
you
would retain
he/she/it
would retain
we
would retain
you
would retain
they
would retain
Present continuous
I
would be retaining
you
would be retaining
he/she/it
would be retaining
we
would be retaining
you
would be retaining
they
would be retaining
Perfect
I
would have retained
you
would have retained
he/she/it
would have retained
we
would have retained
you
would have retained
they
would have retained
Perfect continuous
I
would have been retaining
you
would have been retaining
he/she/it
would have been retaining
we
would have been retaining
you
would have been retaining
they
would have been retaining
Subjunctive
Present
that I
retain
that you
retain
that he/she/it
retain
that we
retain
that you
retain
that they
retain
Past
if I
retained
if you
retained
if he/she/it
retained
if we
retained
if you
retained
if they
retained
Imperative
Affirmative
you
retain
we
let's retain
Negative
you
don't retain
we
let's not retain
Non-finite forms
Infinitive
to retain
Perfect infinitive
to have retained
Present participle / gerund
retaining
Past participle
retained
Conjugations: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), adapted, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.