detain
Meaning of detain
verb
- To keep someone from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention.
- To put under custody.
- To keep back or from; to withhold.
- To seize goods for official purposes.
Information about detain
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of detain is: detains.
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Hyphenation of detain
de-tain
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- detain is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
detain synonyms
Meaning confine:
Meaning stay:
Meaning delay:
Translation of detain
- Spanish: detener
- Italian: trattenere, detenere
- French: détenir
Anagrams of detain
adient, Danite, dentia, nidate, Taiden, Tandie, tienda
Words that rhyme with detain
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