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detain

(dɪteɪn)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense detains, present participle detaining, past tense, past participle detained
1. verb
When people such as the police detain someone, they keep them in a place under their control.
[formal]
The act allows police to detain a suspect for up to 48 hours. [VERB noun]
He was arrested and detained for questioning. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: hold, arrest, confine, restrain More Synonyms of detain
2. verb
To detain someone means to delay them, for example by talking to them.
[formal]
Thank you. We won't detain you any further. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: delay, keep, stop, hold up More Synonyms of detain

detain in British English

(dɪˈteɪn)
verb (transitive)
1. 
to delay; hold back; stop
2. 
to confine or hold in custody; restrain
3.  archaic
to retain or withhold
Derived forms
detainable (deˈtainable)
adjective
detainee (ˌdiːteɪˈniː)
noun
detainment (deˈtainment)
noun
Word origin
C15: from Old French detenir, from Latin dētinēre to hold off, keep back, from de- + tenēre to hold

detain in American English

(diˈteɪn; dɪˈteɪn)
verb transitive
1. 
to keep in custody; confine
2. 
to keep from going on; hold back
3.  Obsolete
to withhold
Derived forms
detainment (deˈtainment)
noun
Word origin
ME deteinen < OFr detenir < L detinere, to hold down or off, keep back, detain < de-, off, from + tenere, to hold: see tenant

Examples of 'detain' in a sentence
detain

He was detained and placed in a youth centre.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Since the attempted coup more than 43,000 people have been detained and more than half of those have been charged.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Thirteen people have been detained.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
At least 70 people have been detained in connection with the proposed rally, on charges of belonging to the banned group.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The police have detained the mother of the minors to find out what happened.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
We do detain people and we still have problems of crime.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
They spent three nights in custody after being detained on international arrest warrants.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He was detained by police yesterday before being declared the victim and released after five hours.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Two people have been detained for suspected looting.
The Sun (2009)
Five people were detained by police but released after questioning.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Six officers were lightly injured and thirteen people were detained.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Eight were forced out by police and detained for hours while their property was bulldozed.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Police said three people had been detained for questioning.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Five people have been detained over the incident.
The Sun (2011)
Inspectors said that too many patients were detained in custody because there was nowhere else to put them.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He was promptly detained by police.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Initially detained in custody, he was put under house arrest at the weekend.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The individuals were removed and detained by police before the aircraft departed to Alicante.
The Sun (2016)
Police detained two people, who denied any connection with the blast.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, although four suspects were detained by police soon after.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Everyone knows the real answer to antisocial behaviour is more police given powers to hold and detain trouble makers, not such fantasy schemes.
The Sun (2007)
A police spokeswoman said that five people had been detained in Lhasa in relation to arson during the riot.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
SCORES of fans missed yesterday's game after being detained in custody by German cops all weekend.
The Sun (2006)
Yesterday, their driver told AFP that he took them along a desert road where they were stopped and detained by a convoy of soldiers.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)

In other languages
detain

British English: detain VERB
When people such as the police detain someone, they keep them in a place under their control.
The act allows police to detain a suspect for up to 48 hours.
  • American English: detain
  • Brazilian Portuguese: deter
  • Chinese: 拘留
  • European Spanish: retener
  • French: détenir
  • German: festhalten
  • Italian: trattenere
  • Japanese: 拘束する
  • Korean: 구금하다
  • European Portuguese: deter
  • Latin American Spanish: detener

Chinese translation of 'detain'

detain

(dɪˈteɪn)

vt

  1. (frm, = keep, delay) 耽搁(擱) (dānge)
  2. [police] 扣留 (kòuliú)
  3. (in hospital) 留下 (liúxià)
1 (verb) 
Definition
to force (someone) to stay
He was arrested and detained for questioning.
Synonyms
hold
the return of two seamen held on spying charges
arrest
Seven people were arrested for minor offences.
confine
He has been confined to his barracks.
restrain
Police restrained her on July 28.
imprison
He was imprisoned for 18 months on charges of anti-state agitation.
intern
He was interned as an enemy at the outbreak of the war.
take prisoner
take into custody
hold in custody
2 (verb) 
Definition
to delay (someone)
We won't detain you any further.
Synonyms
delay
The passengers were delayed by bad weather.
keep
`Sorry to keep you, Jack.'
stop
I think she really would have liked to stop everything right there.
hold up
hamper
I was hampered by a lack of information.
hinder
Landslides are continuing to hinder the arrival of relief supplies.
retard
Continuing violence will retard negotiations.
impede
Fallen rocks are impeding the progress of rescue workers.
keep back
slow up or down

Additional synonyms

in the sense of arrest
Definition
to take (a person) into custody
Seven people were arrested for minor offences.
Synonyms
capture,
catch,
lift (slang),
nick (slang, British),
seize,
run in (slang),
nail (informal),
bust (informal),
collar (informal),
take,
detain,
pinch (informal),
nab (informal),
apprehend,
take prisoner,
take into custody,
lay hold of,
feel your collar (slang),
cop (slang)
in the sense of confine
Definition
to keep within bounds
He has been confined to his barracks.
Synonyms
imprison,
enclose,
shut up,
intern,
incarcerate,
circumscribe,
hem in,
immure (archaic),
keep,
cage
in the sense of hamper
Definition
to make it difficult for (someone or something) to move or progress
I was hampered by a lack of information.
Synonyms
hinder,
handicap,
hold up,
prevent,
restrict,
frustrate,
curb,
slow down,
restrain,
hamstring,
interfere with,
cramp,
thwart,
obstruct,
impede,
hobble,
fetter,
encumber,
trammel

Synonyms of 'detain'

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