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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
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Examples for "confine"
Examples for "confine"
1
These days peddlers no longer have to confine themselves to a market.
Death of a Red Heroine
2
It would have been difficult to confine a nuclear war to Cuba.
One minute to midnight: kennedy, khrushchev, and castro on the b...
3
Tell Burt to confine his observations and reports to the experimental data.
Flowers for Algernon
4
They think the cell they've prepared will be able to confine him.
The Reality Dysfunction
5
Place the hen upon the nest-eggs and confine her to the nest.
The Dollar Hen
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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