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retention

English

Etymology

From Middle English retencioun, borrowed from Latin retenti?, retenti?nis, from retentus, the perfect passive participle of retine? (retain) (from re- (back, again) + tene? (hold, keep)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /???t?n??n/

Noun

retention (countable and uncountable, plural retentions)

  1. The act of retaining or something retained
    • 1599, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, II. iv. 95:
      No woman's heart / So big, to hold so much; they lack retention.
  2. The act or power of remembering things
  3. A memory; what is retained in the mind
  4. (medicine) The involuntary withholding of urine and faeces
  5. (medicine) The length of time an individual remains in treatment
  6. (obsolete) That which contains something, as a tablet; a means of preserving impressions.
    • 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 122,[1]
      Thy gift, thy tables, are within my brain
      Full character’d with lasting memory,
      []
      That poor retention could not so much hold,
      Nor need I tallies thy dear love to score;
  7. (obsolete) The act of withholding; restraint; reserve.
    • 1599, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, V. i. 79:
      His life I gave him, and did thereto add / My love without retention or restraint,
  8. (obsolete) A place of custody or confinement.
  9. (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.
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Derived terms

  • retention tank

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • enter into, intertone, tontineer

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perception

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French perception, from Latin percepti? (a receiving or collecting, perception, comprehension), from perceptus (perceived, observed), perfect passive participle of percipi? (I perceive, observe); see perceive.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /p??s?p?(?)n/
  • (US) IPA(key): /p??s?p?(?)n/

Noun

perception (countable and uncountable, plural perceptions)

  1. The organisation, identification and interpretation of sensory information.
  2. Conscious understanding of something.
    perception of time
  3. Vision (ability)
  4. Acuity
  5. (cognition) That which is detected by the five senses; not necessarily understood (imagine looking through fog, trying to understand if you see a small dog or a cat); also that which is detected within consciousness as a thought, intuition, deduction, etc.

Synonyms

  • ken

Related terms

  • perceive
  • percept
  • perceptual

Derived terms

  • petite perception

Translations

Further reading

  • perception in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • perception in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

  • preception

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin percepti?, percepti?nem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /p??.s?p.sj??/

Noun

perception f (plural perceptions)

  1. tax collection
  2. perception (clarification of this definition is needed)

Derived terms

  • petite perception (philosophy)

Related terms

  • percevoir

References

  • “perception” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Further reading

  • perception on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr

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