Definitions of detain [ɪˈteɪn]

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Definition of 'detain'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) detain
to keep from proceeding; delay.

2. detain
to keep under restraint.

3. detain
Obs. to withhold.

Etymology: (1480–90; < OF detenir&indirdesc; L dētinēe=dē-de - +-tinēre, from tenēre to hold)

Definition of 'detain'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) confine, detain
deprive of freedom; take into confinement

2. (verb) stay, detain, delay
stop or halt
"Please stay the bloodshed!"

3. (verb) delay, detain, hold up
cause to be slowed down or delayed
"Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform"

Definition of 'detain'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) detain
detention

2. (verb) detain
to keep back or from; to withhold

3. (verb) detain
to restrain from proceeding; to stay or stop; to delay; as, we were detained by an accident

4. (verb) detain
to hold or keep in custody

Translation of 'detain'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to hold back and delay I won't detain you; – I can see you're in a hurry.
Afrikaans: terughou	Arabic: يُؤَخِّر	Bulgarian: забавям
Brazilian: reter	Czech: zdržet	German: aufhalten
Danish: opholde; forsinke	Greek: κρατώ, καθυστερώ κπ.	Spanish: entretener, demorar, rete
Estonian: kinni pidama	Farsi: معطل کردن	Finnish: pidättää
French: retenir	Hebrew: לְעַכֵּב	Hindi: देर करना
Croatian: zadržati	Hungarian: feltart	Indonesian: menghambat
Icelandic: tefja	Italian: trattenere	Japanese: 引き留める
Korean: 붙들다	Lithuanian: užlaikyti	Latvian: aizkavēt; aizturēt
Malay: tahan	Dutch: ophouden	Norwegian: hefte, forsinke
Polish: zatrzymywać	Persian: معطل کردن	Pashto: بندى كول، ډېلول، معطلول،
Portuguese: reter	Romanian: a reţine	Russian: задерживать
Slovak: zdržiavať	Slovenian: zadrž(ev)ati	Serbian: zadržavati
Swedish: uppehålla, fördröja	Thai: เหนี่ยวรั้ง	Turkish: geciktirmek, alıkoymak
Taiwanese: 留住	Ukrainian: затримувати	Urdu: روک رکھنا
Vietnamese: trì hoãn	Chinese: 留住
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