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Detailed Synonyms for detain in English

detain:

to detain verb (detains, detained, detaining)

  1. to detain
    to detain
    • detain verb (detains, detained, detaining)
  2. to detain
    to arrest; apprehend; to pick up; to hold; to detain; to seize; to imprison
    • arrest verb (arrests, arrested, arresting)
    • apprehend verb
    • pick up verb (picks up, picked up, picking up)
    • hold verb (holds, held, holding)
    • detain verb (detains, detained, detaining)
    • seize verb (seizes, seized, seizing)
    • imprison verb (imprisons, imprisoned, imprisoning)
  3. to detain
    to detain; to hold; to lock up; put in gaol
    • detain verb (detains, detained, detaining)
    • hold verb (holds, held, holding)
    • lock up verb (locks up, locked up, locking up)
  4. to detain
    hold captive; to detain
  5. to detain
    – cause to be slowed down or delayed 1
    to delay; to detain; to hold up
    – cause to be slowed down or delayed 1
    • delay verb (delaies, delayed, delaying)
      • Traffic was delayed by the bad weather1
      • she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform1
    • detain verb (detains, detained, detaining)
    • hold up verb (holds up, held up, holding up)
  6. to detain
    – stop or halt 1
    to delay; to stay; to detain
    – stop or halt 1
    • delay verb (delaies, delayed, delaying)
    • stay verb (stays, stayed, staying)
      • Please stay the bloodshed!1
    • detain verb (detains, detained, detaining)
  7. to detain
    – deprive of freedom; take into confinement 1
    to confine; to detain
    – deprive of freedom; take into confinement 1
    • confine verb (confines, confined, confining)
    • detain verb (detains, detained, detaining)

Conjugations for detain:

present
  1. detain
  2. detain
  3. detains
  4. detain
  5. detain
  6. detain
simple past
  1. detained
  2. detained
  3. detained
  4. detained
  5. detained
  6. detained
present perfect
  1. have detained
  2. have detained
  3. has detained
  4. have detained
  5. have detained
  6. have detained
past continuous
  1. was detaining
  2. were detaining
  3. was detaining
  4. were detaining
  5. were detaining
  6. were detaining
future
  1. shall detain
  2. will detain
  3. will detain
  4. shall detain
  5. will detain
  6. will detain
continuous present
  1. am detaining
  2. are detaining
  3. is detaining
  4. are detaining
  5. are detaining
  6. are detaining
subjunctive
  1. be detained
  2. be detained
  3. be detained
  4. be detained
  5. be detained
  6. be detained
diverse
  1. detain!
  2. let's detain!
  3. detained
  4. detaining
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

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Related Definitions for "detain":

  1. cause to be slowed down or delayed1
  2. stop or halt1
  3. deprive of freedom; take into confinement1