'retain the knowledge' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to the act of holding onto facts or information. For example, "It is important to retain the knowledge gained during the course of your studies."
But no matter which sustainability ventures succeed or fail, we will keep getting smarter if we retain the knowledge we accumulate along the way.
They can be trained by humans to complete simple tasks, much more quickly than rabbits or cats, for instance, and retain the knowledge for much longer.
So, to restate: with complicated material, I find that first exposing students to a clarifying framework5 of a topic can help them retain the knowledge itself.
Although a proficient knowledge of the road rules is important to safe driving, many drivers do not retain the knowledge acquired after they have obtained their licenses.
This proved, among other things, that memory is preserved in the way that brain cells grow together, since a hamster that had learned to run in a maze would retain the knowledge even after being frozen and resuscitated.
Embodied interaction with gestural interfaces involves more of our senses than traditional (mouse-based) interfaces, and in particular includes direct touch and physical movement, which are believed to help retain the knowledge that is being acquired.
He retained the knowledge, the materials, the means and the intent to produce weapons of mass destruction, and he could have passed that knowledge on to our terrorist enemies".
Mr. Bush tried to pretend the devastating Duelfer report backed him up, noting after the report came out that Saddam "retained the knowledge, the materials, the means and the intent to produce weapons of mass destruction and could have passed this knowledge to our terrorist enemies".
When I began looking for someplace to go on an impromptu basis, I also consulted Lastminutetravel.com, but found it peskier to work with, because it kept asking me basic questions repeatedly rather than retaining the knowledge that I would be leaving from New York.
The loss of their talents and considerable experience by businesses not prepared to adapt is reckless in the extreme". Despite the perceived ignorance of issues surrounding the older workforce, more than 90% of respondents to the survey – conducted among the CMI's and the CIPD's combined membership – saw the value in retaining the knowledge and experience of older workers.
You might not even have known that there was a New Zealand version of X Factor, because life is short and time is precious and even retaining the knowledge that they've got X Factor in New Zealand seems like a profound reinforcement of all the better things you could be doing with your existence.
