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On this page you'll find 4 example sentences with Retentive. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as long or tenacious and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.

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Retentive in a sentence

Retentive meaning

  1. Having power to retain.
  2. Anal-retentive.

Synonyms of Retentive

recollective long tenacious mindful aware unretentive possession ownership impermeable

Related words

Other words often associated with Retentive or its synonyms:

evocative short relation redolent careful control unmindful cognisant tight district coherent conscious

Using Retentive

  • The main meaning on this page is: Having power to retain. | Anal-retentive.
  • Useful related words include: recollective, long, tenacious, mindful.

Context around Retentive

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

moisture 2×

Often after:

product 1×

Sentence patterns with Retentive

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and more retentive product features 1× are moisture retentive 1× are moisture retentive and are 1× attracted and retentive to most 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

black soil are 1× black soils are 1× children become more 1× we continue to 1×

Common sentence endings:

and coffee plantations 1× are moisture retentive 1× rhyme to them 1× year s end 1×

Words around Retentive

Just before it in the word index:

retentions 6 retentionist 2 retention 773 retells 19 retellings 18 retelling 144

Just after it in the word index:

reter 3 retest 46 retested 20 retesting 13 retevmo 4 retford 13

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 7 aacc 7 aacs 7 aafes 7 aah 7 aankh 7

Corpus analysis for Retentive

  • In this selection, "retentive" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, moisture and product stand out and add context to how "retentive" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and more retentive product features and are moisture retentive. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "retentive" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with retentive

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Children become more attracted and retentive to most of their slogans, which end up becoming everyday rhyme to them. (19 words)

Black soils are moisture-retentive and are preferred for dry farming and growing cotton, linseed, etc. Forest soils are used for tea and coffee plantations. (25 words)

Black soil are well developed in the Deccan lava region of Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Madhya Pradesh. citation These contain high percentage of clay and are moisture retentive. (27 words)

Longer example sentences

We continue to see an opportunity to build more stickiness and more retentive product features into the overall set of offerings, and you'll see some of those releases happening before the year's end. (35 words)

Black soil are well developed in the Deccan lava region of Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Madhya Pradesh. citation These contain high percentage of clay and are moisture retentive. (27 words)

Black soils are moisture-retentive and are preferred for dry farming and growing cotton, linseed, etc. Forest soils are used for tea and coffee plantations. (25 words)

Example sentences (4)

We continue to see an opportunity to build more stickiness and more retentive product features into the overall set of offerings, and you'll see some of those releases happening before the year's end.

Children become more attracted and retentive to most of their slogans, which end up becoming everyday rhyme to them.

Black soil are well developed in the Deccan lava region of Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Madhya Pradesh. citation These contain high percentage of clay and are moisture retentive.

Black soils are moisture-retentive and are preferred for dry farming and growing cotton, linseed, etc. Forest soils are used for tea and coffee plantations.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "retentive" in a sentence?
An example: "We continue to see an opportunity to build more stickiness and more retentive product features into the overall set of offerings, and you'll see some of those releases happening before the year's end." This page contains 4 example sentences with the word "retentive" from authentic English texts.
What does "retentive" mean?
Retentive means: Having power to retain.
What are synonyms of "retentive"?
Common synonyms of "retentive" include: recollective, long, tenacious, mindful, aware, unretentive, possession, ownership. Plus 1 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "retentive" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 4 example sentences with "retentive", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.