🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

zurückgehalten

Pronunciation / Transliteration: tsuˈʁʏkɡəˌhaltn

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Withheld/wɪθˈhɛld/
verbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Die Firma hat die Boni bis zum Ende des Geschäftsjahres zurückgehalten."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To refuse to give something that is due or expected.

    "The company withheld the bonuses until the end of the fiscal year."
  2. 2

    To keep something back or to restrain from being given.

    "She withheld her opinion during the meeting to avoid conflict."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'withheld' is derived from the Old English 'wiþholdan', which combines 'wiþ' (against) and 'holdan' (to hold). Its meaning has evolved over centuries to denote the act of retaining or not giving something that is due or expected.

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