Usually means: Keeping users engaged over time.
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We found 46 dictionaries that define the word retention:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. retention: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. retention: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. retention: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. retention: Collins English Dictionary
  5. retention: Vocabulary.com
  6. Retention, retention: Wordnik
  7. retention: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. retention: Wiktionary
  9. retention: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. retention: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. retention: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. retention: Dictionary.com
  13. retention: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. retention: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Retention (disambiguation), Retention: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Retention: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. retention: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. retention: Rhymezone
  19. retention: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. retention: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. retention: Free Dictionary
  22. retention: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. retention: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  4. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  6. Retention: Securities Terminology
  7. retention: Legal dictionary
  8. Retention: Financial dictionary
  9. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Webopedia (No longer online)
  2. retention: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. retention: Prostate Cancer Interactive Glossary
  5. retention: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. retention: Urban Dictionary

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Book Binding (No longer online)
  2. Retention: Construction deterioration & building durability glossary
  3. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Paper Making (No longer online)

(Note: See retentions as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  The act of retaining or something retained.
noun:  The act or power of remembering things.
noun:  Memory; what is retained in the mind.
noun:  (medicine) The involuntary withholding of urine and faeces.
noun:  (medicine) The length of time a patient remains in treatment.
noun:  (obsolete) That which contains something, as a tablet; a means of preserving impressions.
noun:  (obsolete) The act of withholding; restraint; reserve.
noun:  (obsolete) A place of custody or confinement.
noun:  (law) The right to withhold a debt, or of retaining property until a debt due to the person claiming the right is duly paid; a lien.
noun:  (insurance) The portion of a potential damage that must be paid for by the holder of an insurance policy.

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