Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /dɪˈteɪn/
detain (detains, present participle detaining; past and past participle detained)
- (transitive) To keep someone from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention.
- (transitive) To put under custody.
- (transitive) To keep back or from; to withhold.
- Detain not the wages of the hireling.
- (transitive) To seize goods for official purposes.
- French: détenir, arrêter
- German: verhaften
- Italian: detenere, trattenere
- Portuguese: deter
- Russian: заде́рживать
- Spanish: detener, retener
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