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deter
de·ter D0169700 (dĭ-tûr′)tr.v. de·terred, de·ter·ring, de·ters 1. To prevent or discourage from acting, as by means of fear or doubt: threats that did not deter her from speaking out; skin chemicals that deter predators.2. To prevent or discourage (an action or behavior): installed surveillance cameras to deter vandalism.3. To make less likely or prevent from happening: protocols to deter infection. [Latin dēterrēre : dē-, de- + terrēre, to frighten.] de·ter′ment n.de·ter′ra·ble adj.de·ter′rer n.deter (dɪˈtɜː) vb, -ters, -terring or -terred (tr) to discourage (from acting) or prevent (from occurring), usually by instilling fear, doubt, or anxiety[C16: from Latin dēterrēre, from de- + terrēre to frighten] deˈterment nde•ter (dɪˈtɜr) v.t. -terred, -ter•ring. 1. to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding: The dog deterred trespassers. 2. to prevent; check; arrest: face cream to deter wrinkles. [1570–80; < Latin dēterrēre to prevent, hinder =dē- de- + terrēre to frighten] de•ter′ment, n. de•ter′ra•ble, adj. de•ter`ra•bil′i•ty, n. de•ter′rer, n. deterTo deter someone from doing something means to prevent them from doing it or to persuade them not to do it. During the war, a flood would not have deterred me from going there on foot.This did not deter Ealing council from passing a motion commending the police for their 'courage and patience'.deter Past participle: deterred Gerund: deterring
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I deter | you deter | he/she/it deters | we deter | you deter | they deter |
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I deterred | you deterred | he/she/it deterred | we deterred | you deterred | they deterred |
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I am deterring | you are deterring | he/she/it is deterring | we are deterring | you are deterring | they are deterring |
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I have deterred | you have deterred | he/she/it has deterred | we have deterred | you have deterred | they have deterred |
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I was deterring | you were deterring | he/she/it was deterring | we were deterring | you were deterring | they were deterring |
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I had deterred | you had deterred | he/she/it had deterred | we had deterred | you had deterred | they had deterred |
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I will deter | you will deter | he/she/it will deter | we will deter | you will deter | they will deter |
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I will have deterred | you will have deterred | he/she/it will have deterred | we will have deterred | you will have deterred | they will have deterred |
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I will be deterring | you will be deterring | he/she/it will be deterring | we will be deterring | you will be deterring | they will be deterring |
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I have been deterring | you have been deterring | he/she/it has been deterring | we have been deterring | you have been deterring | they have been deterring |
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I will have been deterring | you will have been deterring | he/she/it will have been deterring | we will have been deterring | you will have been deterring | they will have been deterring |
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I had been deterring | you had been deterring | he/she/it had been deterring | we had been deterring | you had been deterring | they had been deterring |
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I would deter | you would deter | he/she/it would deter | we would deter | you would deter | they would deter |
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I would have deterred | you would have deterred | he/she/it would have deterred | we would have deterred | you would have deterred | they would have deterred | ThesaurusVerb | 1. | deter - try to prevent; show opposition to; "We should discourage this practice among our youth"discouragedisapprove, reject - deem wrong or inappropriate; "I disapprove of her child rearing methods" | | 2. | deter - turn away from by persuasion; "Negative campaigning will only dissuade people"dissuadetalk out of - persuade someone not to do somethingadvise, counsel, rede - give advice to; "The teacher counsels troubled students"; "The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud" |
deterverb1. discourage, inhibit, put off, frighten, intimidate, daunt, hinder, dissuade, talk out of Jail sentences have done nothing to deter the offenders.2. prevent, stop, check, curb, damp, restrain, prohibit, hinder, debar Capital punishment does not deter crime.deterverbTo persuade (a person) not to do something:discourage, dissuade, divert.Idiom: talk out of.Translationsdeter (diˈtəː) – past tense, past participle deˈterred – verb to make less willing or prevent by frightening. She was not deterred by his threats. 使不敢,嚇住,阻止 使不敢,吓住,阻止 deˈterrent (-ˈte-) , ((American) -ˈtə:-) noun, adjective (something) that deters. The possession of nuclear weapons by nations is thought to be a deterrent against nuclear war itself; a deterrent effect. 威懾物,威懾的 威慑物,威慑的 deter
deter (someone or something) from (something)To cause or encourage someone not to do something. The threat of rain deterred us from going to the beach this weekend.See also: deterdeter someone or something from somethingto prevent or discourage someone or a group from doing something. We can't seem to deter them from leaving. They were not deterred from their foolish ways.See also: deterMedicalSeedeterrentDETER
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DETER➣Cyber Defense Technology Experimental Research (project) | DETER➣Detection of Events for Threat Evaluation and Recognition |
deter Related to deter: thesaurusSynonyms for deterverb discourageSynonyms- discourage
- inhibit
- put off
- frighten
- intimidate
- daunt
- hinder
- dissuade
- talk out of
verb preventSynonyms- prevent
- stop
- check
- curb
- damp
- restrain
- prohibit
- hinder
- debar
Synonyms for deterverb to persuade (a person) not to do somethingSynonymsSynonyms for deterverb try to preventSynonymsRelated Wordsverb turn away from by persuasionSynonymsRelated Words- talk out of
- advise
- counsel
- rede
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