retain
verb (used with object)
to keep possession of.
will have retained
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future perfectof retain.future perfect
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
Example Sentences
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By the time the ground is reached 10,000 cubic feet of air will have been blown into the ballonets and the airship will have retained its shape and not be flabby.
From British Airships, Past, Present, and Future by George Whale
An advanced class of the auditors will have retained some of the more obvious circumstances connected with each of these three great divisions, as well as the divisions themselves.
From A Practical Enquiry into the Philosophy of Education by James Gall
Among this latter class, some will have retained no more than the bare outline of the history, interspersed with groupings, as in the younger children.
From A Practical Enquiry into the Philosophy of Education by James Gall
