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Meanings of detain in English

Portuguese
atrasar
Catalan
retardar
Spanish
detener

Cause to be slowed down or delayed.

      atrasar
      Catalan
      empresonar
      Spanish
      confinar

      Deprive of freedom; take into confinement.

          empresonar
          Usage of detain in English
          1
          However, it allowed soldiers to detain hundreds of junta critics without charge.
          Reuters
          2
          Now, Watson, I won't detain you from your legitimate work any longer.
          The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Ho...
          3
          They were the same things that the military used to detain prisoners.
          Skypoint
          4
          Then I do not think that I need detain you any longer.
          The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Ho...
          5
          Then I do not think that I need to detain you longer.
          Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
          6
          It may mean a long search, and we need not detain you.
          Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
          7
          It will enable police volunteers to detain suspects and issue on-the-spot fines.
          The Guardian
          8
          The Center for Reproductive Rights says other hospitals also detain non-paying patients.
          Ebony
          9
          If the stormtroopers thought to detain Solo, his opportunity would be lost.
          From a Certain Point of View
          10
          There is hardly anything in his last decades which need detain us.
          The Guardian
          11
          The coach will soon be up; I must not detain you longer.
          The African Trader; Or, The Adventures of Harry Bayford
          12
          Top military officers detain Chávez and businessman Pedro Carmona declares himself president.
          BBC
          13
          Undercover agents called for an arrest team to detain the four men.
          Reuters
          14
          Cutting up and drying the beef; the fat drying won't detain us.
          McKinlay's Journal of Exploration in the Interior of Australia
          15
          A police officer was also stabbed while trying to detain the suspect.
          Reuters
          16
          He seemed to be hurrying, so of course, I didn't detain him.
          The adventures of button
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          Translations for detain
          Portuguese
          atrasar
          Detain through the time
          Detain across language varieties
          United Kingdom
          Common
          New Zealand
          Common
          United States of America
          Less common
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