"withhold" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /wɪθˈhəʊld/ [UK], /wɪðˈhəʊld/ [UK], /wɪθˈhoʊld/ [US], /wɪðˈhoʊld/ [US] Audio: en-us-withhold.ogg [US], en-au-withhold.ogg [Australia] Forms: withholds [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊld Etymology: From Middle English withholden. Equivalent to with- + hold. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|withholden}} Middle English withholden, {{prefix|en|with|hold}} with- + hold Head templates: {{en-noun}} withhold (plural withholds)
  1. (Scientology) An immoral action or condition (an overt) that has not been disclosed to others; the consciousness of such an action or condition. Categories (topical): Scientology Derived forms: O/W
    Sense id: en-withhold-en-noun-qWwb1zro Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with with- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 40 35 5 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with with-: 26 28 20 26 Topics: Scientology, lifestyle, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: with-hold [obsolete]

Verb [English]

IPA: /wɪθˈhəʊld/ [UK], /wɪðˈhəʊld/ [UK], /wɪθˈhoʊld/ [US], /wɪðˈhoʊld/ [US] Audio: en-us-withhold.ogg [US], en-au-withhold.ogg [Australia] Forms: withholds [present, singular, third-person], withholding [participle, present], withheld [past], withheld [participle, past], withholden [archaic, participle, past, rare]
Rhymes: -əʊld Etymology: From Middle English withholden. Equivalent to with- + hold. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|withholden}} Middle English withholden, {{prefix|en|with|hold}} with- + hold Head templates: {{en-verb|withholds|withholding|withheld|past_ptc2=withholden|past_ptc2_qual=rare, archaic}} withhold (third-person singular simple present withholds, present participle withholding, simple past withheld, past participle withheld or (rare, archaic) withholden)
  1. (transitive) To keep (a physical object that one has obtained) to oneself rather than giving it back to its owner. Tags: transitive Synonyms (keep (a physical object) to oneself): retain Translations (to keep an object): إحتفاظ للنفس (alt: بشيء) (Arabic), задържам (zadǎržam) (Bulgarian), retenir (Catalan), 据为己有 (jùwéijǐyǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), ponechat si [perfective] (Czech), neposkytnout [perfective] (Czech), zadržet [perfective] (Czech), i-d:idr (jdr) (Egyptian), pitää (itsellään) (Finnish), reter (Galician), zurückhalten (German), einbehalten (German), 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (gahaban) (Gothic), κατακρατώ (katakrató) (Greek), megtart (Hungarian), trattenere (Italian), dētrāhō (Latin), meko (Maori), kaiponu (Maori), æthealdan (Old English), oftēon (Old English), reter (Portuguese), уде́рживать (udérživatʹ) (Russian), удержа́ть (uderžátʹ) (Russian), retener (Spanish), negar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-withhold-en-verb-vOrMtTqg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with with- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 40 35 5 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 20 53 23 4 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with with-: 26 28 20 26 Disambiguation of 'keep (a physical object) to oneself': 60 40 0 Disambiguation of 'to keep an object': 60 40 0
  2. (transitive) To keep (information, assent etc) to oneself rather than revealing it. Tags: transitive Translations (to keep information): كتم (Arabic), скривам (skrivam) (Bulgarian), премълчавам (premǎlčavam) (Bulgarian), retenir (Catalan), 隐瞒 (yǐnmán) (Chinese Mandarin), ponechat si [perfective] (Czech), utajit [perfective] (Czech), zatajit [perfective] (Czech), ututlat [perfective] (Czech), zadržet [perfective] (Czech), pitää omana tietonaan (Finnish), zurückhalten (German), vorenthalten (German), elhallgat (Hungarian), privar (Portuguese), ута́ивать (utáivatʹ) (Russian), ума́лчивать (umálčivatʹ) (Russian), retener (Spanish), negar (Spanish), rehusar (Spanish), reservar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-withhold-en-verb-gDnNgCle Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with with- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 40 35 5 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with with-: 26 28 20 26 Disambiguation of 'to keep information': 36 64 0
  3. (intransitive) To stay back, to refrain. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-withhold-en-verb-1sKR3IGm Categories (other): English terms prefixed with with- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with with-: 26 28 20 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: with-hold [obsolete] Derived forms: overwithhold, underwithhold Translations (to retain): إستئثار (Arabic), спирам (spiram) (Bulgarian), удържам (udǎržam) (Bulgarian), retenir (Catalan), 保留 (bǎoliú) (Chinese Mandarin), 扣留 (kòuliú) (Chinese Mandarin), ponechat si [perfective] (Czech), podržet si [perfective] (Czech), odepřít [perfective] (Czech), odmítnout [perfective] (Czech), onthouden (Dutch), onttrekken (aan) (Dutch), evätä (Finnish), vorenthalten (German), visszatart (Hungarian), meko (Maori), reter (Portuguese), retener (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'to retain': 30 31 39

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yǐnmán",
          "sense": "to keep information",
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          "sense": "to keep information",
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          "_dis1": "36 64 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to keep information",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "utajit"
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          "_dis1": "36 64 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to keep information",
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          "code": "cs",
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          "sense": "to keep information",
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          "_dis1": "36 64 0",
          "code": "cs",
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          "sense": "to keep information",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "zadržet"
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        {
          "_dis1": "36 64 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to keep information",
          "word": "pitää omana tietonaan"
        },
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          "_dis1": "36 64 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to keep information",
          "word": "zurückhalten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "36 64 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to keep information",
          "word": "vorenthalten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "36 64 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to keep information",
          "word": "elhallgat"
        },
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          "_dis1": "36 64 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to keep information",
          "word": "privar"
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          "_dis1": "36 64 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "utáivatʹ",
          "sense": "to keep information",
          "word": "ута́ивать"
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          "_dis1": "36 64 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "umálčivatʹ",
          "sense": "to keep information",
          "word": "ума́лчивать"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to keep information",
          "word": "retener"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to keep information",
          "word": "negar"
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          "_dis1": "36 64 0",
          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "to keep information",
          "word": "rehusar"
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          "_dis1": "36 64 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to keep information",
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          "text": "I’ll withhold from asking about it.",
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        {
          "ref": "1971 October 26, William J. Randall, Hearings Before the Special Committee on the Utilization of Manpower in the Military […] House of Representatives, Ninety-Second Congress, First and Second Sessions, published 1972, page 12759",
          "text": "Do you wish to proceed with those down the line in that order? […] We’ll withhold for now.",
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          "ref": "2015 February 25, “My day at Malorie Blackman's book launch”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "On the assumption that a vast majority of readers also enjoy writing, I could not withhold from asking the expert for some advice.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        {
          "ref": "2022 January 10, Brittany Misencik, “Pensacola seafood markets face no-win choice amid pandemic: Raise prices or cut stock”, in Pensacola News Journal",
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        "(intransitive) To stay back, to refrain."
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "to retain",
      "word": "إستئثار"
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      "roman": "udǎržam",
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      "code": "ru",
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "word": "podržet si"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to retain",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "odepřít"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to retain",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "odmítnout"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to retain",
      "word": "onthouden"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to retain",
      "word": "onttrekken (aan)"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to retain",
      "word": "evätä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to retain",
      "word": "vorenthalten"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to retain",
      "word": "visszatart"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to retain",
      "word": "meko"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to retain",
      "word": "reter"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to retain",
      "word": "retener"
    }
  ],
  "word": "withhold"
}

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    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English irregular verbs",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms prefixed with with-",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Requests for review of French translations",
    "Requests for review of Irish translations",
    "Rhymes:English/əʊld",
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    }
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        "3": "withholden"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
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      },
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    }
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "en:Scientology"
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        {
          "ref": "1972, Robert Kaufman, Inside Scientology: How I Joined Scientology and Became Superhuman, page 150",
          "text": "I was afraid to go into review for the help I needed because of the withholds I had against the organization, withholds acquired at the franchise: our late evening discussions, our kidding around at the expense of other Scientologists.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1976, Nathaniel Lande, Mindstyles, Lifestyles, page 133",
          "text": "Dianetics is concerned with purifying the individual of negative emotions, evil spirits, overts, and withholds.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022, Mike Rinder, A Billion Years: My Escape from a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology, pages 138–9",
          "text": "The scientology theory is that marriages fail because one or both partners have undisclosed withholds, and when they confess these to their spouse their desire to end the relationship is dissipated and the marriage is saved.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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          "Scientology",
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        [
          "immoral",
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        ],
        [
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        [
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        ]
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        "(Scientology) An immoral action or condition (an overt) that has not been disclosed to others; the consciousness of such an action or condition."
      ],
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        "Scientology",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/wɪθˈhəʊld/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɪðˈhəʊld/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɪθˈhoʊld/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɪðˈhoʊld/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊld"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-withhold.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/En-us-withhold.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
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      "audio": "en-au-withhold.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6a/En-au-withhold.ogg/En-au-withhold.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/En-au-withhold.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
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    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "with-hold"
    }
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  "word": "withhold"
}

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