Meaning & use
retentive
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Able to retain or remember things well, especially information.
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She has a remarkably retentive memory for names and faces.
His retentive mind absorbed every detail of the lecture.
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Often paired with 'memory,' as in 'retentive memory,' though it can describe anything capable of holding onto what it takes in.
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