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detain
de·tain D0168600 (dĭ-tān′)tr.v. de·tained, de·tain·ing, de·tains 1. To keep from proceeding; delay or retard: Our friends were detained by heavy traffic.2. To keep in custody or confinement: The police detained several suspects for questioning.3. Archaic To retain or withhold (payment or property, for example). [Middle English deteinen, from Old French detenir, from Vulgar Latin *dētenīre, from Latin dētinēre : dē-, de- + tenēre, to hold; see ten- in Indo-European roots.] de·tain′ment n.detain (dɪˈteɪn) vb (tr) 1. to delay; hold back; stop2. (Law) to confine or hold in custody; restrain3. archaic to retain or withhold[C15: from Old French detenir, from Latin dētinēre to hold off, keep back, from de- + tenēre to hold] deˈtainable adj detainee n deˈtainment nde•tain (dɪˈteɪn) v.t. 1. to keep from proceeding; delay. 2. to keep under restraint. 3. Obs. to withhold. [1480–90; < Old French detenir « Latin dētinēe=dē- de- + -tinēre, from tenēre to hold] de•tain′a•ble, adj. de•tain′ment, n. detain Past participle: detained Gerund: detaining
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I detain | you detain | he/she/it detains | we detain | you detain | they detain |
Preterite |
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I detained | you detained | he/she/it detained | we detained | you detained | they detained |
Present Continuous |
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I am detaining | you are detaining | he/she/it is detaining | we are detaining | you are detaining | they are detaining |
Present Perfect |
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I have detained | you have detained | he/she/it has detained | we have detained | you have detained | they have detained |
Past Continuous |
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I was detaining | you were detaining | he/she/it was detaining | we were detaining | you were detaining | they were detaining |
Past Perfect |
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I had detained | you had detained | he/she/it had detained | we had detained | you had detained | they had detained |
Future |
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I will detain | you will detain | he/she/it will detain | we will detain | you will detain | they will detain |
Future Perfect |
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I will have detained | you will have detained | he/she/it will have detained | we will have detained | you will have detained | they will have detained |
Future Continuous |
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I will be detaining | you will be detaining | he/she/it will be detaining | we will be detaining | you will be detaining | they will be detaining |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been detaining | you have been detaining | he/she/it has been detaining | we have been detaining | you have been detaining | they have been detaining |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been detaining | you will have been detaining | he/she/it will have been detaining | we will have been detaining | you will have been detaining | they will have been detaining |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been detaining | you had been detaining | he/she/it had been detaining | we had been detaining | you had been detaining | they had been detaining |
Conditional |
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I would detain | you would detain | he/she/it would detain | we would detain | you would detain | they would detain |
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I would have detained | you would have detained | he/she/it would have detained | we would have detained | you would have detained | they would have detained | ThesaurusVerb | 1. | detain - deprive of freedom; take into confinementconfinekeep - hold and prevent from leaving; "The student was kept after school"straiten - squeeze togethergaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, put behind bars, remand, lag, put away - lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"intern - deprive of freedom; "During WW II, Japanese were interned in camps in the West"bind over - order a defendant to be placed in custody pending the outcome of a proceedings against him or her; "The defendant was bound over for trial"imprison - confine as if in a prison; "His daughters are virtually imprisoned in their own house; he does not let them go out without a chaperone"cage, cage in - confine in a cage; "The animal was caged"trap, pin down - place in a confining or embarrassing position; "He was trapped in a difficult situation"keep in - cause to stay indoors | | 2. | detain - stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!"delay, stayretard, delay, check - slow the growth or development of; "The brain damage will retard the child's language development" | | 3. | detain - 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"delay, hold updecelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard - lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated"stonewall - engage in delaying tactics or refuse to cooperate; "The President stonewalled when he realized the plot was being uncovered by a journalist"catch - delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned; "I was caught in traffic and missed the meeting"stall - deliberately delay an event or action; "she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling"buy time - act so as to delay an event or action in order to gain an advantage |
detainverb1. hold, arrest, confine, restrain, imprison, intern, take prisoner, take into custody, hold in custody He was arrested and detained for questioning.2. delay, keep, stop, hold up, hamper, hinder, retard, impede, keep back, slow up or down We won't detain you any further.detainverb1. To cause to be later or slower than expected or desired:delay, hang up, hold up, lag, retard, set back, slow (down or up), stall.2. To keep in custody:hold.3. To put in jail:confine, immure, imprison, incarcerate, intern, jail, lock (up).Translationsdetain (diˈtein) verb1. to hold back and delay. I won't detain you – I can see you're in a hurry. 留住 留住2. (of the police etc) to keep under guard. Three suspects were detained at the police station. 拘留 拘留ˌdetaiˈnee noun a person who is detained (by the police etc). 被拘留者 被拘留者detain Related to detain: detaineeSynonyms for detainverb holdSynonyms- hold
- arrest
- confine
- restrain
- imprison
- intern
- take prisoner
- take into custody
- hold in custody
verb delaySynonyms- delay
- keep
- stop
- hold up
- hamper
- hinder
- retard
- impede
- keep back
- slow up or down
Synonyms for detainverb to cause to be later or slower than expected or desiredSynonyms- delay
- hang up
- hold up
- lag
- retard
- set back
- slow
- stall
verb to keep in custodySynonymsverb to put in jailSynonyms- confine
- immure
- imprison
- incarcerate
- intern
- jail
- lock
Synonyms for detainverb deprive of freedomSynonymsRelated Words- keep
- straiten
- gaol
- immure
- imprison
- incarcerate
- jail
- jug
- put behind bars
- remand
- lag
- put away
- intern
- bind over
- cage
- cage in
- trap
- pin down
- keep in
verb stop or haltSynonymsRelated Wordsverb cause to be slowed down or delayedSynonymsRelated Words- decelerate
- slow
- slow down
- slow up
- retard
- stonewall
- catch
- stall
- buy time
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