withhold

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• UK: /wɪθˈhəʊld/
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• UK: /wɪðˈhəʊld/
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• US: /wɪθˈhoʊld/
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• US: /wɪðˈhoʊld/
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• rhymes with -əʊld
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• CMU ARPABET: W IH0 TH HH OW1 L D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English withholden. Equivalent to with- + hold.

80 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: إحتفاظ للنفس — to keep an object
• Bulgarian: задържам (zadǎržam) — to keep an object
• Catalan: retenir — to keep an object
• Chinese Mandarin: 据为己有 (jùwéijǐyǒu) — to keep an object
• Czech: ponechat si — to keep an object
• Czech: neposkytnout — to keep an object
• Czech: zadržet — to keep an object
• Dutch: achterhouden — to keep an object
• Egyptian: i-d:idr (jdr) — to keep an object
• Finnish: pitää — to keep an object
• Finnish: pitää itsellään — to keep an object
• Galician: reter — to keep an object
• German: zurückhalten — to keep an object
• German: einbehalten — to keep an object
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (gahaban) — to keep an object
• Greek: κατακρατώ (katakrató) — to keep an object
• Hungarian: megtart — to keep an object
• Italian: trattenere — to keep an object
• Latin: dētrāhō — to keep an object
• Māori: meko — to keep an object
• Māori: kaiponu — to keep an object
• Old English: æthealdan — to keep an object
• Old English: oftēon — to keep an object
• Polish: zatrzymywać — to keep an object
• Polish: zatrzymać — to keep an object
• Portuguese: reter — to keep an object
• Russian: уде́рживать (udérživatʹ) — to keep an object
• Russian: удержа́ть (uderžátʹ) — to keep an object
• Spanish: retener — to keep an object
• Spanish: negar — to keep an object
• Swedish: behålla — to keep an object
• Arabic: كتم — to keep information
• Bulgarian: скривам (skrivam) — to keep information
• Bulgarian: премълчавам (premǎlčavam) — to keep information
• Catalan: retenir — to keep information
• Chinese Mandarin: 隐瞒 (yǐnmán) — to keep information
• Czech: ponechat si — to keep information
• Czech: utajit — to keep information
• Czech: zatajit — to keep information
• Czech: ututlat — to keep information
• Czech: zadržet — to keep information
• Dutch: achterhouden — to keep information
• Finnish: pimittää — to keep information
• Finnish: pitää omana tietonaan — to keep information
• German: zurückhalten — to keep information
• German: vorenthalten — to keep information
• Hungarian: elhallgat — to keep information
• Portuguese: privar — to keep information
• Russian: ута́ивать (utáivatʹ) — to keep information
• Russian: ума́лчивать (umálčivatʹ) — to keep information
• Russian: скрывать (skryvatʹ) — to keep information
• Spanish: retener — to keep information
• Spanish: negar — to keep information
• Spanish: rehusar — to keep information
• Spanish: reservar — to keep information
• Swedish: undanhålla — to keep information
• Arabic: إستئثار — to retain
• Bulgarian: спирам (spiram) — to retain
• Bulgarian: удържам (udǎržam) — to retain
• Catalan: retenir — to retain
• Chinese Mandarin: 保留 (bǎoliú) — to retain
• Chinese Mandarin: 扣留 (kòuliú) — to retain
• Czech: ponechat si — to retain
• Czech: podržet si — to retain
• Czech: odepřít — to retain
• Czech: odmítnout — to retain
• Dutch: onthouden — to retain
• Dutch: onttrekken (aan) — to retain
• Finnish: evätä — to retain
• German: vorenthalten — to retain
• Hungarian: visszatart — to retain
• Māori: meko — to retain
• Portuguese: reter — to retain
• Spanish: retener — to retain
• Bulgarian: въздържам се (vǎzdǎržam se) — to refrain
• Bulgarian: въздържа се (vǎzdǎrža se) — to refrain
• Bulgarian: възпирам се (vǎzpiram se) — to refrain
• Bulgarian: възпра се (vǎzpra se) — to refrain
• Swedish: avstå — to refrain
• Swedish: avhålla — to refrain