Conjugation
retain
Language
English
IndicativePresent
- I retain
- you retain
- you retain
- he/she/it retains
- we retain
- they retain
IndicativePreterite
- I retained
- you retained
- you retained
- he/she/it retained
- we retained
- they retained
IndicativePresent continuous
- I am retaining
- you are retaining
- you are retaining
- he/she/it is retaining
- we are retaining
- they are retaining
IndicativePresent perfect
- I have retained
- you have retained
- you have retained
- he/she/it has retained
- we have retained
- they have retained
IndicativeFuture
- I will retain
- you will retain
- you will retain
- he/she/it will retain
- we will retain
- they will retain
IndicativeFuture perfect
- I will have retained
- you will have retained
- you will have retained
- he/she/it will have retained
- we will have retained
- they will have retained
IndicativePast continous
- I was retaining
- you were retaining
- you were retaining
- he/she/it was retaining
- we were retaining
- they were retaining
IndicativePast perfect
- I had retained
- you had retained
- you had retained
- he/she/it had retained
- we had retained
- they had retained
IndicativeFuture continuous
- I will be retaining
- you will be retaining
- you will be retaining
- he/she/it will be retaining
- we will be retaining
- they will be retaining
IndicativePresent perfect continuous
- I have been retaining
- you have been retaining
- you have been retaining
- he/she/it has been retaining
- we have been retaining
- they have been retaining
IndicativePast perfect continuous
- I had been retaining
- you had been retaining
- you had been retaining
- he/she/it had been retaining
- we had been retaining
- they had been retaining
IndicativeFuture perfect continuous
- I will have been retaining
- you will have been retaining
- you will have been retaining
- he/she/it will have been retaining
- we will have been retaining
- they will have been retaining
ParticiplePresent
- retaining
ParticiplePast
- retained
Perfect participle
- having retained
Examples
The vast majority of the population want to retain their autonomy.
Canada's New Government wants to help employers to retain older workers.