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- DETAIN | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
DETAIN definition: 1 to force someone officially to stay in a place: 2 to delay someone for a short length of time… Learn more
- DETAIN Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of DETAIN is to hold or keep in or as if in custody How to use detain in a sentence Synonym Discussion of Detain
- Detain - Definition, Meaning Synonyms - Vocabulary. com
When you detain someone, you hold them back, slow them down, or stop them from moving on If you are detained by the police, you may be late for the big football game, even if you were speeding to get there by the kickoff
- DETAIN Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
Detain definition: to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay See examples of DETAIN used in a sentence
- DETAIN definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
When people such as the police detain someone, they keep them in a place under their control The act allows police to detain a suspect for up to 48 hours [VERB noun] He was arrested and detained for questioning [VERB noun] To detain someone means to delay them, for example by talking to them Thank you We won't detain you any further
- Detain - definition of detain by The Free Dictionary
To keep from proceeding; delay or retard: Our friends were detained by heavy traffic 2 To keep in custody or confinement: The police detained several suspects for questioning 3 Archaic To retain or withhold (payment or property, for example)
- detain verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage . . .
detain somebody to keep somebody in an official place, such as a police station, a prison or a hospital, and prevent them from leaving One man has been detained for questioning He has been detained without trial for nearly two years now She was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group
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