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1. (v.t.) deter
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
The dog deterred trespassers.
2. deter
to prevent; check; arrest:
face cream to deter wrinkles.
Etymology: (1570–80; < L dēterrēre to prevent, hinder =dē-de-+terrēre to frighten)
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1. (verb) deter, discourage
try to prevent; show opposition to
"We should discourage this practice among our youth"
2. (verb) dissuade, deter
turn away from by persuasion
"Negative campaigning will only dissuade people"
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1. (verb) deter
to discourage sb from doing sth
Severe weather deterred travel.
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| Definition of 'deter' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) deter
to prevent by fear; hence, to hinder or prevent from action by fear of consequences, or difficulty, risk, etc
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Sense: to make less willing or prevent by frightening
She was not deterred by his threats.
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 Afrikaans: afskrik |
 Arabic: يَصُدُّ، يُثْني، يَرْدَعُ |
 Bulgarian: възпирам |
 Brazilian: desencorajar |
 Czech: zastrašit, odradit |
 German: abschrecken |
 Danish: afskrække |
 Greek: αποθαρρύνω, αποτρέπω |
 Spanish: disuadir |
 Estonian: heidutama |
 Farsi: جلوگیری کردن؛ منصرف کردن |
 Finnish: saada luopumaan |
 French: décourager |
 Hebrew: לְהַרתִיע |
 Hindi: रोकना |
 Croatian: zastrašiti |
 Hungarian: elrettent |
 Indonesian: menakut-nakuti, menghalan |
 Icelandic: draga kjarkinnúr, aftra |
 Italian: dissuadere |
 Japanese: 思いとどまらせる |
 Korean: 단념시키다 |
 Lithuanian: atbaidyti, sulaikyti |
 Latvian: atturēt; atbaidīt |
 Malay: cegah |
 Dutch: afschrikken |
 Norwegian: avskrekke, la seg avskrek |
 Polish: onieśmielać, odstraszać |
 Persian: جلوگیری کردن؛ منصرف کردن |
 Pashto: وېرول، منع كول |
 Portuguese: desencorajar |
 Romanian: a descuraja |
 Russian: отпугивать |
 Slovak: zastrašiť |
 Slovenian: odvrniti |
 Serbian: odvratiti |
 Swedish: avskräcka, hindra |
 Thai: ขัดขวาง; ยับยั้ง |
 Turkish: caydırmak |
 Taiwanese: 使不敢，嚇住，阻止 |
 Ukrainian: відлякувати, віднаджувати |
 Urdu: باز رکھنا |
 Vietnamese: làm nhụt chí |
 Chinese: 使不敢，吓住，阻止 |
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